Guido> When they upgrade to Python 2.3, they'll get an exception when Guido> they open the database, because Sleepycat DB 4.x can't open BSD Guido> DB 1.85 databases. What do we tell them to do? The same thing you've had to tell them in the past. Use the tools Sleepycat provides (db_dump, db_load, etc) to update databases from old file formats to new ones. Skip