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Hi Don, re: > I DO have this overwhelming desire to learn something today. > > SYNTAX > > How do the left & right parentheses play into the REQUESTs? The addition of parentheses around a pattern makes the pattern different syntactically different even though the net effect is the same. What I mean is that: "(.)*" specifies the same set of products as ".*" but the regular expression parser used by the LDM sees these as being different. The net result of this is that each REQUEST is view as being different so each connection will operate in PRIMARY mode. I personally liked the PRIMARY/SECONDARY syntax, but Steve changed the LDM code making changing the pattern necessary to force redundant REQUESTs to all operate in PRIMARY mode. re: > I've never seen them, and asking around here hasn't helped. Please let me know if the above explanation was clear enough. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: AWA-907668 Department: Support Level II Priority: Normal Status: Closed