>> I've borrowed and taken advice from Sri K. and that's always proven to be the path of simplicity.
Anthony, Honestly I would never suggest multiple passes of data. So I am not sure when I suggested "n" outfil approach to handle pattern. Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
