actually just looked at my real example and i do have the brackets!!! i think tiredness is getting me now, ill stop till tomorrow and try again, i find sometimes just taking my mind away from it makes it easier when i come back
thanks again richard >thanks brad no i hadn't omitted them for simplicity, i will try that as well >then > >thanks again you have been really helpful, will let you know what happens > >>thanks again for your help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308418 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4