debug_string The variable has been lost somewhere in the global scope, it means nothing, has no value, and will not be debugged. It's not there. I run the code a thousand times and run it again. Undo my way to a blank page, and swear. It really doesn't exist in any form. And all the white space and all the code between where I declare, and check, deleted, until the two lines lie like spoons. Nope. Nothing. Cor, 2006