dan, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > From: Daniel J. Cody > > a range between 70 - 100 or 35-45 looks to be best. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< i'm actually more curious about the average number of bytes per record on the getarticles query. the more i read about blockfactor, the more i'm convinced we need to watch that 32K threshold. thanks, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/