>Peter,
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>I'm just fishing for a non-kludge workaround since Mike confirmed my findings. I can't be the only one out there whose using the error method of the data environment - or am I? Am I not going about this the right way? How do others handle the same situation?

Haha, others DO approach it differently. Message #699220 (don't read it) is about it too.

Good luck !
Peter