>Hi Eric,
>
>Thanks for your reply...you're probably right...however there are situations when storing data in General Fields WOULD be appropriate such as when you don't want a lot of external files cluttering up your system or want to restrict access to information.
>

The problem with storing data in General fields is that it's extremely difficult to get it out. While there's an APPEND GENERAL command, there's no corresponding COPY GENERAL.

Tamar