>>>Thanks. Is it the fastest algorithm here? I was just going to take a look and was thinking along the same lines.
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>>Cannot guaranty that. :)
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>Well, guess what? <g>
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> Error: 1103, Message: Invalid seek offset. Time spent: 5337 sec.

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>It looks like it was working much slower (I was doing a test for 4K file).
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>I'm going to undo Jason and Jaime suggestions now, because I believe it slowed down the process (your new version of the ValidateSSN function and new age test should not have done it) <g>
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>Jaime, shame on you <g>