>I just came across a VB app written by an "expert".

Definition of an Expert:

"X" - an unknown quantity
"spurt" - a drip under pressure

< VBG >


>3) managed to create a form that takes -seven minutes- to update four records in different tables.

Gee, I had only heard times like that when ACCESS was involved...

>This was meant to be a mission critical app too, handling large financial transactions... Yow.

YowZA!