On [2007-04-09 at 11:30am] Bob Hegerich <bobh36@cox.net> wrote: <snip> > But I have made a discovery. My default web browser is > Firefox V2.0 and about four days ago, I decided to try an > experiment. Instead of using Firefox, I switched to > Internet Explorer, V7.0 for accessing the Vitals Database. > Since that time, I have experienced the following: > > a. No retrievals have hung > b. I can go for long periods of time and not have to go > back and start all over again > c. Switching names in queries does not cause me to have to restart > d. I have seen no bogus results <more material deleted> > PS. I know nothing of Firefox and IE internals, but if I > had to guess, it would be that the root of the problems have > to do with the way Firefox handles a secure connection. Or, perhaps, the highly non HTML compliant nature of all versions of IE, and the unfortunately common tailoring of many websites to cater to IE. John