diff --git a/htroot/IndexControl_p.html b/htroot/IndexControl_p.html
index 6a374ccdf..b4d4c9eaf 100644
--- a/htroot/IndexControl_p.html
+++ b/htroot/IndexControl_p.html
@@ -116,14 +116,13 @@
         </tr>
       </table>
     </form>
-    #(keyhashsimilar)#
-    ::Sequential List of Word-Hashes:<br />#{rows}# 
+    #(keyhashsimilar)#::Sequential List of Word-Hashes:<br />
+    #{rows}# 
     #{cols}# 
     <a href="/IndexControl_p.html?keyhash=#[wordHash]#&amp;keyhashsearch=1" class="tt">#[wordHash]#</a>#{/cols}#<br />
     #{/rows}# 
     #(/keyhashsimilar)#
-	#(urlhashsimilar)#
-    ::Sequential List of URL-Hashes:<br />
+	#(urlhashsimilar)#::Sequential List of URL-Hashes:<br />
     #{rows}# 
     #{cols}#<a href="/IndexControl_p.html?urlhash=#[urlHash]#&amp;urlhashsearch=1" class="tt">#[urlHash]#</a> #{/cols}#<br />
     #{/rows}# 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFlexSplitTable.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFlexSplitTable.java
index 759158c17..3fe941b47 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFlexSplitTable.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFlexSplitTable.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public class kelondroFlexSplitTable implements kelondroIndex {
     // this is a set of kelondroFlex tables
     // the set is divided into FlexTables with different entry date
     
-    private HashMap tables;
+    private HashMap tables; // a map from a date string to a kelondroIndex object
     private kelondroRow rowdef;
     private File path;
     private String tablename;
@@ -270,47 +271,14 @@ public class kelondroFlexSplitTable implements kelondroIndex {
     }
     
     public synchronized kelondroCloneableIterator rows(boolean up, byte[] firstKey) throws IOException {
-        return new rowIter();
-    }
-
-    public class rowIter implements kelondroCloneableIterator {
-
-        Iterator t, tt;
-        
-        public rowIter() {
-            t = tables.values().iterator();
-            tt = null;
-        }
-        
-        public Object clone(Object modifier) {
-            return new rowIter();
-        }
-        
-        public boolean hasNext() {
-            return ((t.hasNext()) || ((tt != null) && (tt.hasNext())));
-        }
-
-        public Object next() {
-            if ((tt == null) || (!(tt.hasNext()))) {
-                try {
-                    tt = ((kelondroIndex) t.next()).rows(true, null);
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-            }
-            if (tt.hasNext()) {
-                return tt.next();
-            } else {
-                return this.next(); // t is empty, try next table
-            }
-        }
-
-        public void remove() {
-            if (tt != null) tt.remove();
+        HashSet set = new HashSet();
+        Iterator i = tables.values().iterator();
+        while (i.hasNext()) {
+            set.add(((kelondroIndex) i.next()).rows(up, firstKey));
         }
-        
+        return kelondroMergeIterator.cascade(set, rowdef.objectOrder, kelondroMergeIterator.simpleMerge, up);
     }
-    
+
     public final int cacheObjectChunkSize() {
         // dummy method
         return -1;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroMergeIterator.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroMergeIterator.java
index 04329603b..2418507ce 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroMergeIterator.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroMergeIterator.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class kelondroMergeIterator implements kelondroCloneableIterator {
         throw new java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException("merge does not support remove");
     }
     
-    public static Iterator cascade(Set /*of*/ iterators, Comparator c, Method merger, boolean up) {
+    public static kelondroCloneableIterator cascade(Set /*of*/ iterators, Comparator c, Method merger, boolean up) {
         // this extends the ability to combine two iterators
         // to the abiliy of combining a set of iterators
         if (iterators == null) return null;