> I first use Paul's formula to get the number of months between two dates. > So, this will give me my counter for the FOR NEXT. I also start with the > highest date. > > FOR lnCounter=1 TO lnNumberMonths > > Then, I can do a count for the number of messages from the highest date. > > COUNT FOR ADDDATE>=ldDate2 AND ADDDATE<=GOMONTH(ldDate2,1)-1 TO lnMessage > > Then, after my processing, for the next FOR loop, I need to remove one > month from the highest date. > > ldDate2=GoMonth(ldDate2,-1) > > And, the loop continues... Well, both solutions are (written :) quick. BTW, shouldn't "addate between this and that" be faster than "adddate <= this and adddate>=that)"? Not only for writing, but considering SQL. Anyone measured this?