> Agreed, to an extent. I use scatter and gather within the command box all > the time....for instance, if a user enters an incorrect date for a change > to a client's employee, many records can be affected (we have to keep > historical information for employees, not just current ie. not just one > record for an employee, there can be many, each relevant to a specific date > range). Using scatter and gather is the easiest way to quickly plug > correct information into records that I can think of... if I understand what you are saying setting DEFAULT VALUES for the fields (or calling SP that will do that ) can do that just as well (even better IMHO) Arnon