To be 100% honest with you I like the idea of the 3rd tier. I COM or ADO would be some of the ways to go. It looks like I have some homework to do. At presant we're using '.DBC'. I forsee the whole thing going onto our ORACLE server some day.

Don't blame me for starting this whole thing as a .DBC and not going directly to ORACLE. < g > But it will keep us all in jobs for a while. :-)

Thanks for you help. I have much to think about. It's time to convice others of a better path.

Mike