<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Listmates: Thank you for your responses and suggestions regarding my proposal to create an online, updatable data base. Unfortunately, I do have some limitations that I feel I need to explain. First of all, I am not an expert programmer OR data base building. I used a program called ColdFusion to do a project for my graduate school thesis. ColdFusion allows remote web interaction with a data base that sits on a special ColdFusion server. The account I have with my provider only allows me Access support for my data base. Accounts that offer more are also more expensive. I thought I could basically utilize the template I used to create my site for my project (www.tech2learn.net/cf) to create a data base for people on this list. I have had a lot of questions about the quality of the information. The answer is that the information will only be as good as we make it and that I cannot offer garentees. I will include the following fields of information: Food Categories Baby Foods Baking Products Beverages Candy Cereals Etc. I will attempt to break these down into appropriate sub categories ...making additions whenever necessary. I will also include the following fields: Date of submission Information Source (company name, email, phone, address) Verification Date: Submitted by: (your name) Email: (Your email address) Region (state, country) Lactose Status Misc Information - This may include a short narritive with addition information about this product. I loved it...hated it, etc. If you feel that I missed anything, please let me know and I'll give it a try. Keep in mind that I am ONLY providing the structure. YOU are providing the data. My structure may be rudimentry because I am not an experienced programmer but I think it will help and hopefully, I can improve it over time. A password will be required to update the database. I will try giving a new password to the list each month and see how this works out. People will have to notify me when information becomes outdated and I will remove it from the data base. I am not sure how to go about providing that kind of access that would allow the user to remove data or if it would be a good idea anyway. I am an educator, finishing the school year right now so it will take me a while to get this underway....please be patient. Most experienced Celiacs know that absolute food garentees are hard to come by. We do our best..hopefully without making ourselves and the people around us TOO crazy. I have been a diagnosed Celiac for 6 years. I guess my endorsement is that I'm still alive and healthier then I've been in 20 years. I feel that I wasted a good part of my life feeling ill and I certainly don't want to go back to living that way. Again, thanks for your support and input. Also...someone did ask about downloading this to a Palm Pilot. I'm not sure how this would work but I have a Palm too so I hope we can figure it out. Perhaps I could make the database itself available. There is software that will allow you to import and read ACCESS on your Palm. I welcome any ideas on this one! Deb