>>Works for me too. Thanks. >> >>I wonder where it says that in the Applescript Language Guide. >> >Hi Bill, > >It says right there on page 187 (the newest version) ><quote> >record >The concatenation of two records joins the properties of the >left-hand record to the properties of the right-hand record. If both >records contain properties with the same name, the value of the >property from the left-hand record appears in the result. For >example, the result of the expression > >{ name:"Matt", mileage:"8000" } & { name:"Steve", framesize:58 } > >is > >{ name:"Matt", mileage:"8000", frameSize:58 } ></quote> Yep, I found that. It just doesn't say how to fix it. Fortunately, there's always someone on this list who does. -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]