My name is Hiro. I'm from Canada but live in Southern California now. In my former career I did a lot of work in Filemaker Pro and designed reasonably big databases from scratch using FMP. In my new career I use only MS products where I work and have been adjusting to life using Access. I think Access is more powerful than FMP and have been enjoying the switch so far, though I still have a lot to learn particularly when it comes to using VBA. I've been lurking on these forums for some time now and have already learned a lot! Thanks, everyone!