Since the postmaster here removed some old log files, the search command no longer handles dates correctly. Doing a S * IN ACTIV-L SINCE 930501 selects ALL the articles, while doing a S * IN ACTIV-L FROM 930510 TO 930513 selects no articles. The database has been refreshed to no avail. What to do? Rich P.S. The postmaster also erased ACTIV-L DBINDEX and DBNAMES after removing the old logs.