There are a few features missing from the proposed API. I don't think that this API should serve the 80%, but rather the 97%. The only things I plan to exclude from the low level API are things that are undocumented and a little bit of performance. I want to simplify the API, not dumb it down. I see no reason not to add support for close, flush, save, remote keys and REG_FOO types. If I ever figure out how to use HIVE_VOLATILE_IS_TRUE I would add support for that too. :) -- Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus When George Bush entered office, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 62 percent of Americans "would be willing to give up a few of the freedoms we have" for the war effort. They have gotten their wish. - "This is your bill of rights...on drugs", Harpers, Dec. 1999