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>A good workaround, at least for the parametrized ones, is to supply an impossible value for the parameter in the makeview_{name here} routine, so at least it doesn't pull any records, even if it has to open.
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Dragan,

PMFJI, but I do this in a couple of places and thought it was bad programming. I'm glad to see that it probably is not... :-)

I'm going to digest this part about making views in a separate database...sounds like something I need to understand.

Renoir