Jeff Trawick wrote: > > I'm very surprised that the first % in your format string > doesn't need to be escaped.
right. the missing comma was due to a stray keystroke exiting the editor. the missing '%'.. i'm not sure how that happened. fixed, anyway. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!"