I didn't realize so many of you had accounts prior to the one you are using.... ahhh so when you have questions now, you just revert back to those old accounts and no one is the wiser ;\)

Actually the Mid() UDF was my first post. Looking back at that is rather embarrassing, considering I hadn't used kix enough to know there was a substr function. Lord. (and nevermind the fact I defended it as if it did something so extravagant that substr couldn't do). I can't remember the last time I used it.