>Hi Kerry ---
>
>Can't really help with getting rid of the main window message; nothing I did would kill it *but* you can start your query session with the following:
>
>SET ALTERNATE TO showplan.txt
>SET ALTERNATE ON

SET CONSOLE OFF

>**** Do your queries

SET CONSOLE ON

>SET ALTERNATE TO
>SET ALTERNATE OFF
>
>Now the file showplan.txt will contain all of the optimization messages.

...and it won't mess up your screen.