This is interesting. Oracle will pay you $1,000,000 if you can prove M$ or IBM's database(s) are faster than theirs: http://www.oracle.com/guarantee/index.html?content.html Now, if only had the $200,000 to use oracle... -- # John Madden weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 2EB9EA # FreeLists, Free mailing lists for all: //www.freelists.org # UNIX Systems Engineer, Ivy Tech State College: http://www.ivy.tec.in.us # Linux, Apache, Perl and C: All the best things in life are free!