Hi. I run a process every couple of days that takes data from one source and posts it to another. I've been working out the bugs in the process and still need to work on Greg's suggestions for automating but in the meantime, here's a question to kick-around. The data file contains 25 rows. Currently, every record, which can be thousands, is handled every time the process is run. What I really want to do though is only process records where something has changed in any one of the 25 fields. How might this be accomplished? Thanks. /g _____ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 2446 Spam messages and set aside 0 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************