> Thanks a lot for the suggestions, George. I already changed for next to do while and get rid of the top loop (unnecessary, as you fairy noted - this that I've done without reading this message). Now I'm going to proceed with your suggestions.
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>Thanks.

Nadya,

You're welcome. Let me emphaize one thing. These are general guidelines. For example, my point about the inner of the two loops was based on the concept that, under the circumstances, this routine would only apply to tables connected with a DBC. My thought was, "Well, what about free tables? Why write essentially the same code twice to handle the,?" You know the answers to these questions far better than I.

The rules are there for a purpose. Sometimes you have to break them in order to accomplish what needs to be done. However, before doing so, I try to make absolutely certain that the conditions of the problem require it, and there isn't a better way to accomplish the same thing.