[ImaGraftedBranch]

70 before .NET. 72 with it. (www.systar.com)

[StJacques]

"70 before .NET. 72 with it. (www.systar.com)"

You're the one everyone should be listening to Branch, because your situation is the best "real world test" of cross-platform interoperability -- forget the hype, who else around here even comes close to the number of platforms and data source types you're dealing with every day. In spite of all claims to the contrary; Linux, Unix, OS2, and OS/400 all operate best in an incestuous environment in which machine choice is controlled. If you want to interbreed in the wider IT gene pool you have to have .NET. Your situation is the living proof.