If I need to search document by year in a lot of XML files, is it better to search using -L 20050000 20051231 in a date field like <date_doc>20051221</date_doc> or using year_doc=(2005) in a filed like <year_doc>2005</year_doc> ? thanks -- Cordialmente. Carmelo Carchedi Juniorbit Sas www.juniorbit.it via Bramantino 9 - 20155 Milano Fax:0270033713Received on Mon Jan 16 08:53:58 2006