Thanks a lot, i will have a look

Steve

Thanks, that works a treat, what happens if the user has forgotten the current password, i was told they have to uninstall MSDE and reinstall it, is this correct.

Thanks

Steve

Thanks, i will give it a try when i go back to a school

Thanks frank, all i got to do now if to try and work it out with my programing i am writing.

Thanks again

Steve

Thanks.

fingers are itching....

Hi Frank

Thanks for the reply, i am tring to search for a string in a table across all columns,

i need to find if a certain string appears in any part...