I'm a Radio amatuer ( as distinct from amatuer radio operator, "an amatuer who does not construct is an operator") I also have a "model railway" in boxes, one day will put it together again. My favourite pass time, Breathing, thats why I try not to upset the good lady! Woz_a.

I dont like firefox, I dont like IE 7 either, I find both are too cluttered, guess its a case of what you become familiar with, I know one day I will have to upgrade ( or should that be downgrade) to IE7 or an alternative, but I like the stone age way of doing things, at least in this respect.

I wish I had a sense of Humor, I could join in the fun then. But I would tend to agree that Logically:- the function returns a value True or False therefore if there is no data to be deleted, you must return False, the data does not exist therefore cannot be deleted so the operation has not been completed. Clearly you NEED to know the operation has been completed, otherwise you would have written the function with a null return value, therefore if there is no data to delete there is a logical error which needs to be flagged and acted on as appropriate. as mentioned by another responder it may be a case of a missing database or some one not doing thier job properly and in need of being fired. Philosophically:- there is inssufficient information to answer the question, IE does it matter what the return value is? The question can of course be compared with that of "what is the sound of one hand clapping" Clearly there is insufficient information to correctly answer the question, no indication is given as to what the one hand is clapping against and the form (shape) of the hand at impact. for example if the hand was clapping against a smooth concrete surface and the hand was flat the result would be a slapping sound with an instant decay. If the hand was cupped then the sound would be more of a muffled thud. if however the hand was clapping against a large Bell, ( as the bell clapper would do) the resultant sound would be accompanied by a ringing note with a more prolonged decay. bet you are glad you asked now! Woz_a

Good for a giggle I thought, then my other brain cell fired up, if the fine body of men and women that make up this excelent forum, were to circulate this "article" it would be a really good time to pick up some state of the art computer stuff for practically nothing. There really are people out there who will believe it. so could we have an agreement, that if you do get more than one all singing all dancing computer with all the latest knob and whistles, you pass on the extras to another member!

An excellent Idea, I think, contary to common belief I do, occasionally, Think that is, usually gets me in to trouble though. My Job Title? Officially "carer" also refered to as "Waste Of Space", "Village Idiot", "Chicken With out a Chimney" (cluckin flueless)and various other titles. Company, "Walsall Gadgets Inc." WE are a very small company, (total workforce 1, part time)we dont very much but we do it well. Woz_a EXPERT: EX = has been, Spurt = a Drip under pressure.