<tip type="Globalization" author="Joshua Olson"> As I was searching for information about currency conversion and representation I found the following (apparently) great link from IBM. http://www-3.ibm.com/software/globalization/topics/locales/index.jsp I suppose this is IBM's way of saying "Hey, we know a lot about this stuff... use our tools since the little guys have a lot of catching up to do" I suppose they're right. There is a lot to it. </tip> <><><><><><><><><><> Joshua Olson Web Application Engineer WAE Tech Inc. http://www.waetech.com 706.210.0168