In a message dated 4/12/04 10:51:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: You could always use ActivePerl! Thanks........ I reviewed some of the lessons from my youth and discovered that this problem compares to the fishmonger's sign. FRESH FISH SOLD HERE TODAY of course it's today, otherwise we wouldn't be here....... drop TODAY FRESH FISH SOLD HERE of course it's sold here, we wouldn't put up a sign and then sell fish across town someplace. drop HERE FRESH FISH SOLD of course we sell it, we wouldn't be here if we didn't drop SOLD FRESH FISH damned lie....... we can tell by looking that it's fish and by the smell it isn't fresh drop FRESH FISH Took the sign down and started using MSKB keyword search. Thanks for the suggestion. Using experts from out of town has always been one of the best ways to solve a problem <G> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough .Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)