wcs = worst case scenario.. habit.. Yes the tech was the number.. I found the problem.. The column inserted into the status sheet to track the current number value returned in the G column you supplied.. was canceling everything out. Since the task is back to me, I can take a little time and roll the process around my head. It's unlikely any 2 or more people will be entering info at the same exact moment. I might explore a connection to a sql db to connect the web forms and the sheets to, or vb to directly write and read the csv file..