The Freer and Sackler Galleries are currently in the process of simplifying the practice of recording object dimensions in TMS, largely by reducing the number of dimension elements and ensuring that only one dimension is set to write to the objects dimension field. At the end of the scrubbing process, we intend to use the "Update All Display Dimensions" control in the Dimensions Authority. This control will rewrite the current text in Objects.Dimensions with whatever dimension elements are checked in the Dimensions Assistant. Kind of scary! Gallery Systems has kindly offered to provide a temporary license so this dramatic update can be tested on a copy of the database, and we will of course back up the database when running the final update. My question is: have any other TMS users out there ever run this update? If so, did you encounter any problems? How long did it take for the size of your database? Thanks in advance for any advice, suggestions. Jeffrey Smith Assistant Registrar for Collections Information Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 Sackler 1040, MRC 707 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [log in to unmask] tel: 202-633-0348 fax: 202-633-9770 http://www.asia.si.edu