Hi Walter:

>>Though this should work, remember that if anyone else on the network is >>modifying either the parent or the child, the index becomes corrupted. So >>this solution is only applicable when both the parent and the child are in >>exclusive use by you.

This is a client server app. Each client has their own local database to house static data. The cursors returned from the SQL Server stored procedures are disconnected from their source.

Thanx,
Charlie