thank you, mr fowler (my mother shares the same last name, by the way :-).
'views' are going to be a new bent of tt2 to learn. sometimes i curse the flexability and power of tt2. it makes understanding the whole thing with all its potential a real headache.... :-) anyway, thank you very much. i'm going to learn themn before implimenting your code, to make sure i understand it fully.
