diff --git a/Modules/mip_parties.pck b/Modules/mip_parties.pck
index 55621e9..01b47df 100644
--- a/Modules/mip_parties.pck
+++ b/Modules/mip_parties.pck
@@ -44,9 +44,12 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY mip_parties AS
    - gets the primary key for a supplied username.  This function searches the parties
    - table for a matching username, if the name is found the users id is returned.
    %param p_username - the name of the user you want to get the id for.
+   
+   UPDATES
+     20-Nov-2007 - MM- Upper ing the username check as APEX passes an uppered :APP_USER
   */
   FUNCTION get_user_id(p_username IN VARCHAR2) return NUMBER as userid NUMBER;
-    cursor c_userid is select id from parties where USERNAME = p_username;
+    cursor c_userid is select id from parties where upper(USERNAME) = upper(p_username);
   begin
    open c_userid;
      fetch c_userid into userid;