Fair enough - every coin has 2 sides ... I can appreciate that

Not to bash the assumption - but it seems pretty limited to assume the forum is on the same db as joomla...in your experience - has this not limited your user niche?

Thanks for the quick reply -- I'm assuming future ones will?
I'll wait until then...

Well subject basically says it all. My smf is installed on a different db than my joomla installation. When I look at the "Joomla-SMF Forum Installation" under components->joomla-smf forum->install I can't see a way around installing if on different dbs. Any ideas?