Can't say's I have. Maybe it would. Systems I've written don't tend to have loads of people all trying to do such things concurrently. Thanks for the input. Maybe Ramon can alter his code accordingly, if he's used it. It's interesting how we scrutinise each other's code, when put up as a solution, isn't it, even if it's not germane to our requirements at the time.

>Have you tried this in a busy environment? Seems to me that the SET REPROCESS would cause problems.