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Old 11-02-2006
No I tried it and now Im not getting anything returned, where previous the issue was that all the lines were returned,
# 9  
Old 11-02-2006
strange - it works just fine with your sample data given the noted assumptions.
# 10  
Old 11-02-2006
Sorry my mistake, thanks for youre help it does work - I was using a slightly different source file (due to company sensitivity reasons)

THANKS AGAIN,
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