We need to make sure that we're not using bigger values that what we're using internally anyway. After all, if when all is said and done, we only "honor" long in ranges, then supporting long longs sporadically doesn't make full sense. But I'm +1 on looking into this.! -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski [|] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [|] http://www.jaguNET.com/ "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both and deserve neither" - T.Jefferson