Bonnie,

I definately agree with you and William, never should have to show that much data; I will limit searches by requiring at least one criteria (year, or so) to limit the resultant dataset size. It's just that our clients like the ability and as programmers we have to please the clients--so I will have to work within the framework of .NET to deliver--just very surprised. Thank you and William for the advice. I will definately have more questions! Things are moving right along. Be well.