Thanks Michael ... you've been very helpful. Yes, I am considering helping out on the documentation (my undergrad is in Instructional Technology) ... if I can ever figure out how all of this works. I have also read thru some of the 3rd party books on the subject, and I find them quite lacking also. I am not a dumb person, and I am not inexperienced (been programming since 1980) ... so either I am just having issues with the writing style of the manuals/books, or other people are having trouble with them as well. While we're waiting for an eclipse person to speak up, I have another eclipse question. If I do a Project->Build All, I can see the errors in my rule files. How can I configure eclipse to see the drl errors when I save the files (as happens with my Java files). Thanks. _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users