If one orders LISDB.MEMO from [log in to unmask] one receives Doc. #9809-UD-05 dated 17 Sep., 1998 If one orders LISTDB.MEMO from [log in to unmask] one receives Doc. #9901-UD-05 dated 11 Jan., 1999 Both these sites are lsoft.com sites, presumably both run by L-Soft. Why the difference in output/documents? While mulling that over, would someone at L-SOFT care to give me a clear, concise, definition of the damned NEAR implicit operand which is *not* defined in the memo and which jumps willy-nilly as it pleases? Failing that, would you rewrite it so that AND is once again implicit? I would then gladly give up all questions about NEAR. For good measure, while I'm at it, where is FUI/AFD for UNIX? It was promised years ago and I ain't seen it yet. You slip it in in an upgrade and I didn't notice? Douglas