OK. This is a bit over my head/skill level right now :)
The indexing program runs each weekend when there is no one around,
it hasn't given me any problems other than speed but it is chewing it's
way through 4 gigs of files.

What I'm trying to figure out is how to allow multiple users to search the index created
DB files at the same time. I don't need the files locked.

Thanks for the reply though, now I have something else to try and learn.

HDrider
A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe
and riding forty miles :)