>My question to you is how much experience do you have in working with heirarchical recordsets?

I've only supported and extensively tested such recordsets on a professional level. I guess that means I'm just a poseur, but I hope I can answer any questions that might arise on the subject.

> In my experience, they are OK for presentation. However, the same issue >arises when you try to update through the recordset. It simply is not reliable.

I find it to be quite reliable, if done properly. What, specifically, do you find to be "unreliable" about heirarchical (sic) recordsets?