re: I remember there being a thread recently about serving database-driven pages using flat-file databases. There was a site that is specifcally geared to this format and I can't remember the name of it. (flatfile.net or something like that??) Take a look at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/d51webapparch.htm and especially http://www.asptoday.com/articles/20010105.htm HTH - IanO -