>>I suspect it has more to do with the fact that people have specific >>expectations about what's in a query object than anything else. People have >>a two-dimensional mental model of what a recordset is, and nesting one >>recordset within another would break that model.
You may very well be right. Perhaps it is simply the usage of the word "query" in this context that makes people start screaming in horror ;-) I'm not saying that I necessarily disagree, but I guess XML expanded *my* concept or perhaps definition of "recordsets". So the idea of either a query within a query or a structure within a query is not quite as horrifying to me as it might have been years ago. However, this is primarily a excercise in exploration and just satisfying my own curiousity. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212673 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54