Thanks I was trying to come up with a way to create the query without calling it. Like your buildMetaQuery, but I didn't remember I could use a hash in a list context like that. I will certainly revamp my code to that model as i completly understand the need for placeholders. That was just my baby steps approach, produce the rigth query first, then figure out how to produce it better. Thanks agian!

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Eric Hodges