> >>We've mentioned a several occasions that buffering is now the way to go > instead of scatter. > >> > >>But, in the situation where the user is doing a data entry in the > temporary table which has the same structure has the master table, and we > then use a transfer button to move the record from the temporary table into > the master table, isn't the only way to go scatter and gather? > > > >Scatter/Gather looks like the only way, but why are you using temporary > tables when you have buffering? > > In some environments, this is required. In my case, I have some temporary > files on the server where I want to master file to be on my workstation. This sounds like you're introducing network overhead needlessly. Will the files on the server be accessed by multiple people? I'm just not sure why you don't have them on the local machine. /Paul