You're a good shot Bonnie ... right between the eyes. :-) Nevertheless, in this case I can operate w/o having the table names so ya have to weigh out the ROI for any given thing at that given time when trying to get the task done. This falls within the bounds of things I put on my "todo" list and implement when I can for the long term. :-)

Bill

>Bill,
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>>I will file this and when I get a chance to look at the typed dataset thingy I'll probably implement this also.
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>Uh oh ... that sounds like my typical excuse to procrastinate! <g>
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>~~Bonnie