Right, thanks. It was quick and dirty solution. I'll make the suggested changes on Wendsday. I'm also thinking about writting a FAQ on this topic.

>Hi Nadya,
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>A couple of comments. First, the 'fixed' temporary file name could create conflict in the multi-user environment. Second I would pass the buffer size as the third parameter(with default to 32k or whatever). This'll allow you to control the number of appended test records, if necessary.
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