aardvark, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: aardvark : : and independent of that, any ideas on how : long before the browsers choke? i know : from experience IE has a limit, but i can't : for the life of me remember what it is... :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i seem to recall it being 64k. however, in all the work i've done i can't say as i've ever bumped against that -- that's one hell of a long string. good luck, .jeff name://jeff.howden game://web.development http://www.evolt.org/ mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org