If I understand correctly, the purpose of the deleted<foo> tables in the database is to provide a backup of any rows that may have been deleted from the <foo> table. That is, when an item is deleted, it isn't actually deleted, it just gets moved from the items table to the deleteditems table. That way, if something is deleted accidentally, it can (in principle) be restored. Is this correct so far? If so, it seems to me that there should be more deleted* tables, such as deletedbibliosubject and deletedbibliosubtitle, since the biblio table has "links" to various other tables, containing data that also should be saved in a backup table. Or am I on the wrong track here? -- Andrew Arensburger This message *does* represent the arensb@ooblick.com views of ooblick.com I play an important role as a bad example.