I seem to have index on the brain, which probably could do with a good indexing itself. The command for getting Eric's document on Database searches is INFO DATABASE not, repeat NOT INDEX DATABASE as I stupidly wrote earlier. Ah, well, as Eric says, we all have a constitutional right to make fools of ourselves and I certainly excersise that right vigorously. Douglas Douglas Winship Austin, Texas [log in to unmask] Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner