On 23-Apr-99 R Garth Wood wrote: > Sure by popular demand: > you can tell if data has changed or not(In constant time). > therefore you only have to backup of changed data. that's good. How is this not possible with text configs? Instead of storing extra data in a database, you go and check the timestamp already contained in the filesystem of the textual config file. 99% of the time, the data's changed. Isaac