Hello! I am creating a database (for the first time) using NDBM. My problem is in filling it with the data. I have to feed it some information (i.e key) from the user interface. One of the problem is in capturing the input of the user and putting it into the db. If anybody finds this question trivial, please condescend to sharing it with me. Another problem is that the information to be stored under the key can be found in a huge output file produced by a program running prior to the db program. Where is the problem? How do I parse efficiently to the few lines I need which are of course preceded by garbage. Is there some program out there that will do the job efficiently or maybe some general method to follow. Any suggestion will be welcome. Thank you. Jamila -- \!!!/