Reply-to: [log in to unmask] Please feel free to respond to these questions via the list or privately to me. 1. Is there an on-line explanation of the 4 different ODBC isolation levels? Or could somebody please attempt an explanation using Image analogies? 2. Is there an on-line example of Visual Basic code to access an ODBC database either by using VB's built in Data Access Objects and by ODBC library calls? E-mailed code fragments will be gladly accepted too. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can point me to. Marshall Medoff, ITA, Inc. Arlington, Virginia