Hi Knut Thanks for your help................
With respect to my latest error (see new post) I have just spotted a derby.log file in my Derby Database folder but I am unable to open it - Access is denied. I will try your pieces of code when I get some traction again :) Bob M Dunedin New Zealand -- View this message in context: http://apache-database.10148.n7.nabble.com/Derby-Error-message-explanation-required-tp142183p142335.html Sent from the Apache Derby Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.