<snip> You may be right. Someone elses post(after mine) said a search with 1 space yielded the same results as 2 spaces, so it appears the blanks may be getting eliminated. <snip>
Not only mainframes have documentation - there is a help for each input field and it is just a click away: "Help for String Enter the string you are searching for. To search for messages about John Kennedy, simply type John Kennedy in the search box. This will show all the messages that contain the words "John" and "Kennedy" close to each other. " <other possibilities snipped> Zaromil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html