palyne, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: Palyne Gaenir <palyne at sciencehorizon.com> : : Is it FASTER (processing-wise) if you specify a BLOCKFACTOR : in query tags that are expected to return more than 1 record? So : it only makes one trip to the DB for the rows? And would there be : any performance-harm to spec'ing a high# BF just in case? :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ since queries that have a higher blockfactor set require more available memory from the server then i would have to say that it should be used very sparingly. good luck, .jeff name://jeff.howden game://web.development http://www.evolt.org/ mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org