Geoffrey Talvola writes: > Are you using Python 2.1.X? There was a bug like this that was fixed in > Python 2.2. > - Geoff Bingo! I am indeed; thanks for the heads up. This'll probably drive me to take the hit of upgrading. -- Don Dwiggins, Beta Version 0.8 (Version 1.0 due for release Real Soon Now) d.l.dwiggins@computer.org