Yes, because of delivery delays in my SMTP gateway, my previous summary of the suggestions I had received about my AIF:PE question did not include several "subsequent" messages. Among these were Scott Gavin's recommendation of Quest's Netbase product and Stan's suggestion (complete with sample code!) to dynamically load the DBGET call. I am glad to hear the technique Stan described has worked well for you. This is probably the course I will pursue. I am most gratified to see the volume and quality of the responses that this rather esoteric topic generated. I now have a variety of alternatives to consider, as well as details about things to watch out for if I decide to "roll my own" solution, all within a couple hours of my original post. Thanks so much to all who have contributed to the discussion, and TIA to anyone who has anything further to add. John Schick Manager/Technical Support Times Mirror Higher Education Group >>> Winston Kriger <[log in to unmask]> 5/8/96, 05:41pm >>> You may have missed Stan's alternative to dynamically load the DBGET call from within the DBUPDATE handler. This works very well, and I have used this technique sucessfully in several different products (one very similar to yours). Stan even included an example.