>>Jerry, a question - are you able to identify all the ways your database will be used over the next 3-5 years, and by how many people?
>>
>>(...using a bit of the Socratic method here...odd, since I'm an Aristotelian....but there's a point regarding usability I think you should consider)
>>
>>So do you know the ways your database will be used over time?
>
>(having read the rest of this thread stream )
>
>As always thanks for bringing something extra to the table. We always think and answer questions is the scope of our own experience ( and knowledge ) and I'm really glad this question was asked and to see your answer. While I'm confident mine works in the scope i deal with, I have just learned a lot about a question I didn't know was a question <g> and will be watchful of *ass*uming my world is *the* world <g>
>
>Now I have to go read a bunch of stuff I didn't know existed <s> You really know how to screw up my weekend.

Keep Sunday afternoon and evening clear <g>.