Many thanks Mansfield. That seems to have doen the trick. I had started down that road, but obviously I didn't specify my grouping correctly, so removed it again.

Your help is...

Ah....there comes my argument then, that there is a point-something like .01.. or .011.. between .999... and 1.

So based on what I'm seeing with my simpleton eyes, 1.111... is also equal to 1.

Just for arguments sake, how can .999..... = 1?

It will always be .111...short of 1.

It may come close but not equal 1.

*runs and hides*

Ok.

How did you manage to delete the DB when it was online and in use. I just tested your theory and could not delete the individual files while the...

If you have a backup, then restore it, then delete it. Sorry, I just reread your statement. Did you delete the file or the whole drive where the file lived?