hello,
<br I read some of the suggestions. thanks for all the replies!

For davido's, it is not possible to always keep track of the most recent uploaded blog since I intend in the future that some of the users upload via FTP and not just through the web. sorry for not mentioning this in my first post.

And for sub directories for each member, that solution can work but will make an extra step for the uploader. Its the uploaders job to download each text file from about 5-10 users everyday 1-2 days and then upload all the text files to a directory. If i would make it a sub-directory, the uploader will always have to navigate to /bobby/, /amanda/ etc and upload each text file individually as opposed to doing the job in one step by uploading all 5-10 text files in one directory.

For the 500,000+....thats just my curiosity. the application i m building now will probably never reach the case it reads a directory with 500,000+ files, but if it ever does come to the point where i will be building one, then i can keep it in mind.

Thanks!
nick

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