Gary,

>>I hope you shared the credit with me because I told you that PrimaryKey() left the path in the key name on free tables <s>. <<

Ahhhh.... I knew someone else must have found that, just couldn't remember who or when <g>. I spent so many hours working with PrimaryKey() I couldn't even remember my own name. It turned out my real problem wasn't even in the my primary key but rather a corrupt record that wouldn't allow a candidate index. After I deleted the bad record, I was able to complete the candidate index.

>>He really snuffs out problems quickly - which is very impressive.

How much did you "bung" him ($$$) to do this ? <bg><<

Not at all, guess he just figured I would be a "pest" if he didn't fix it. Obviousely, I wouldn't have been.

Mel Cummings