Randall P. Linke wrote: Data bases are not for the meek. I would like to differ. A database is just that -- it could be a box of handwritten 3x5 cards or pages in a loose-leaf binder or, some high-falutin' expensive P.C. program. The medium is unimportant: the only important things are that the data are easy to maintain and access. As a person who has spent a career as a database professional, I might choose to keep my data in 3rd normal form on a SQL database in a PC -- for me, that is the simplest and most obvious way to maintain data. But database means a place where data are kept; how you choose to keep them is up to you, as long as you can access and maintain your data easily. David E.