I suppose I could explain my moves with folkinfo andother way, Susan.

You know the problem Mudcat is supposed to have with thier Cold Fusion and the costs of upgrading or the huge task to trying to convert to something else.

I am in a sense in a similar situation with folkinfo in that as it stands, I can not afford to run it from home because of software requirements - I can't test on PWS but it is too restricted to host a real site. The options would be to nuy IIS ($1000+) or Sun/Chilliesoft at about $500. Also my need for both php and asp does limit my choice of potential hosts.

I've opted for what would be effectively the same as writing Mudcat into something else, a job I knew would take time (but not this time) in the hope that it works out better than a short term fix in terms of providing a more flexible solution.