Hi, Bill.

>Since all of the data is concatenated into the single string in one statement, does the rule to use a StringBuilder for multiple operations apply in this case?

Let me throw my guessing here (someone may jump in and tell something else):

The problem with string manipulation on VB6 ages was that "dynamic memory reallocation" was a killer machine. You know, the process in a loop of going to the memory, taking the variable, concatenating the string, and then putting it in the memory again...

That's when the StringBuilder comes for the rescue.

So, in my understanding of your sample, as you're throwing all the concatenated string at once to the memory, it doesn't seem that you're gonna benefit from using the StringBuilder.

Can someone tell if this is right or wrong?? :)