>tedd will say linked lists, jay will say xref and dynamic tables, sylvain >will say use his plugin [DataShell 1.6] and a valentina base, bbird will say >save the info in str# resources, ... And, jonathan will tell you what everyone will say. But, the gnome needs hammered every once in a while. No, I did not recommend linked list. For what he wants, I think that Staz's (Sentient Fruit) SimpleBase will probably suit him very well. tedd -- http://sperling.com