Hi, When looking for the latest version of qdbm I saw that it has a successor: http://tokyocabinet.sourceforge.net/ At some point it might be worthwhile to use it for header caching. c -- Was heißt hier Dogma, ich bin Underdogma! [ What the hell do you mean dogma, I am underdogma. ] _F R E E_ _V I D E O S_ -->> http://www.blacktrash.org/underdogma/