Well, we might be overlooking something here. I'm not a POWERHOUSE person (ok, so I handle all of the dictionaries, period), but you might look in the POWERHOUSE code for the user class specified when the database is opened. If the code/defaults/etc specify a reader class, as gleaned from the above suggestions, no amount of begging/pleading/cajoling will let you gain write access. We use both class names and class numbers (depending upon who wrote what) in our applications, and this one has bitten us a couple of times. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *