I do appriciate everyones help in my learning curve toward perl. I am familiar with the language, but do not have the level of deep knowledge that you and others here have. If I am tapping the knowledge base in the wrong fashion, I do appologize. I am attempting to get better and hope to someday be able to return the favors to others in the room as they have helped me out in the begining. Again, Thanks for the help. batcater98