>> I don't think an index on Posted will optimize EMPTY(Posted), that's why I suggested creating an expression of Posted = < something > the something being the equivalent of empty(posted) <<

And it was the right suggestion. What you probably hadn't counted on was me suffering amnesia on the finer points of Rushmore.

Last night my family and I went to an outdoor concert by John Hiatt, a 50 year old rocker. He is doing half this tour solo acoustic and the other half with his band, The Goners. He joked that he was alone at this show because "they're older than me and need their rest."

Mike