Tree, I spent part of the evening importing data from various contests into = the TRMASTER.DTA file via POST and had an idea. (Oh no...ideas mean = more work for you!) When converting SS files, why don't you go ahead = and also fill in the STATE data instead of just the SECTION data? SJV, = SC, SF, etc. get converted to CA. Just a thought. =09 73, Jim - KK7A