Error during command authentication.
Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started.
Just to wrap up and clarify here's a script that contains several examples with key results commented out. One thing I noticed in the exchange is that Bill believed he was getting the entire list as a result of one of his commands, when he probably getting a reference to an item in the list, but the reference contains the entire list when displayed in the event log and SD's variable watcher. ------ set recordList to {} set oneRecord to {foo:1, bar:"hello"} set end of recordList to oneRecord set twoRecord to {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"} set end of recordList to twoRecord recordList repeat with aRecord in recordList if foo of aRecord is 1 then set stuffIneeded to aRecord end if end repeat stuffIneeded -->item 1 of {{foo:1, bar:"hello"}, {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"}} stuffIneeded as item -->{foo:1, bar:"hello"} repeat with aList in {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}} if item 1 of aList is 1 then set stuffIneeded to aList end if end repeat stuffIneeded --> item 1 of {{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}} stuffIneeded as item --> {1, 2, 3} set aList to {1, 2, 3} repeat with oneNumber in aList display dialog oneNumber --> works, 1, 2., 3 oneNumber -->item 1 of {1, 2, 3} --if oneNumber = 2 then if oneNumber as item = 2 then display dialog oneNumber --> bingo! end if end repeat --but set aList to {1, 2, 3} repeat with i from 1 to 3 set oneNumber to item i of aList oneNumber -->1 if oneNumber is 2 then display dialog oneNumber --> 2 end if end repeat repeat with aRecord in recordList aRecord -->item 1 of {{foo:1, bar:"hello"}, {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"}} if foo of aRecord is 1 then set stuffIneeded to aRecord stuffIneeded -->>item 1 of {{foo:1, bar:"hello"}, {foo:2, bar:"Goodbye"}} stuffIneeded as item -->>{foo:1, bar:"hello"} end if end repeat --> returns the entire list. --I don't think so, it may look like the entire list but it is actually the reference form: -- item x of [entirelist] -->Bill> set stuffIneeded to CONTENTS of aRecord -->Me> I prefer aRecord as item ------------ HTH, ES