After reading the manual (8.0). I am not certain what real advantage there is to using a cursor over using a FOR loop. since FOR automatically uses a cursor anyway. They both avoid memory problems. Have I missed something or are there other reasons? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)