>>BTW, check my other reply with the function similar to yours. In 2001 (when it was written) I put a lot of efforts into it.
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>I have looked at your code. Looks good. I'm gonna check it out in more detail and see if I find a marriage with your code and mine.
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>Shall I pay you any royalties?

I assume it was a joke :)

BTW, if you want to award me somehow let me know the status of your SQL thread - you haven't posted your test results.