I've read both Section 8.5 of the on-line 8.2.4 docs, and the pertinent sections of Douglas & Douglas, and I'm still not certain that I'm correctly expressing the query I want. Please correct as needed. From table (Permits) I want to identify those which expire within a specified time from today. For example: SELECT permit_nbr, title, date_issued, term, process_time from Permits WHERE (date_issued + term YEARS) < (CURRENT_DATE + process_time MONTHS); Should I use TODAY rather than CURRENT_DATE? Do I need to cast intervals explicitly from seconds to days, months, or years? Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Accelerator(TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863