Moi: > if itemNumber = 0 then put recordKey&fieldBelimiter after > returnRecord > Thanks for getting me to revisit the handler, Geoff: "fieldBelimiter" was a bug waiting to bite me. Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)