When and why does the "DATA BASE IS BUSY DO YOU WANT TO WAIT" message come up in Query ? Any way to turn it off or default it to yes ? I was trying to execute a long XEQ file only to come back and find that this prompt came up and was "consuming" subsequent commands as answers. Many thanks as always. p.s. On a side note concerning the recent batch of email messages showing up as attachments, I found that all is well if the message is sent as Plain Text and UUENCODE (not MIME). The second being the important option. I'm sure you loose some of the bells and whistles of fancy email messages, but in my opinion messages of that nature are better sent as attachments anyway. Costas Anastassiades, Intracom SA Athens-Greece