phildog, how about an update on this? The smart money is betting with tye, who suggests that the speed difference is explainable entirely by the first case failing (silently) and the second case working (silently).
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will do... just need a little time. later today or Mon at latest. sorry not to put whole sample up immediately, but always hesitant to put up "production" code up front. need to scrub the stuff that gets me in trouble security-wise (but leave in the stuff that makes me look stupid :-)