kleinma,
Thank you for your response. I don't believe Index Index Server is a database of the types your thinking (Access, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, etc..) Indexing Service is a service in XP and 2000 only. I am thinking Microsoft does create some type of method like a database in the location you provide when setting up a new Catalog. But I believe the query language is just a bit different then say a T-SQL or SQL used in Microsoft Access. However, I hope I am wrong.