Is there an equivalent to '\i' that will load up the query buffer but not run the query? (I have a query stored in a file that I want to modify on the fly, but not overwrite the query file.) -- Jeff Boes vox 616.226.9550 Database Engineer fax 616.349.9076 Nexcerpt, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster