Or possibly even copy a bodge from something else and move to expontial bodging.
If you want to know about Bodging, look at Capita's Mentor and SIMS appications. They are the creme de la creme of bodgers. However they are rewriting their software (which was largely Foxbase, but many separate apps with some very nasty glue) in SQL... but I think they too will end up being MS-specific. -- ******************************************************************************** All mail sent and received may be examined to prevent transmission of inappropriate attachments and certain obscenities. Wellington College does not accept responsibility for email contents. Problems to postmaster@wellington-college.berks.sch.uk. ********************************************************************************