I think this might be what you want, and it's ASP/ultradev specific http://members.prestige.net/ultradev/filter/filter.htm There's also one using Data Shaping that should work for an Access Database http://members.prestige.net/ultradev/shaping/shaping.htm hope it's of some use. ------------------------------- A l a s t a i r M u r d o c h c o n s u l t a n t @ c u b e [t:] 01292 27 00 99 [m:] 07974 323 551 [w:] www.cubeit.co.uk