Well, I have tested with 50000+ entries in both bdb and ldbm (using bdb) and have not seen what you are talking of, except when the attribute I was searching for was not indexed properly.... What are you indexing? Is it what you are searching for? -- Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs Systems Programmer | Always remember: You are UNIQUE, University of Vermont | just like everyone else. === God Bless Us All ===