diff --git a/modules/kirbybase.py b/modules/kirbybase.py
index be4fd6d..c18f111 100644
--- a/modules/kirbybase.py
+++ b/modules/kirbybase.py
@@ -1718,12 +1718,14 @@ class KirbyBase:
             while line:
                 # Strip off newline character and any trailing spaces.
                 line = line[:-1].strip()
-                try:
-                    # If blank line, skip this record.
-                    if line == "": raise 'No Match'
-                    # Split the line up into fields.
-                    record = line.split("|", maxfield)
+                # Keep track of matching
+                is_no_match = False
+                # If blank line, skip this record.
+                if line == "": is_no_match = True
+                # Split the line up into fields.
+                record = line.split("|", maxfield)
 
+                if not is_no_match:
                     # Foreach correspond field and pattern, check to see
                     # if the table record's field matches successfully.
                     for fieldPos, pattern in fieldPos_new_patterns:
@@ -1739,23 +1741,26 @@ class KirbyBase:
                             try:
                                 if useRegExp:
                                     if not pattern.search(
-                                     self._unencodeString(record[fieldPos])
-                                     ):
-                                        raise 'No Match'
+                                        self._unencodeString(record[fieldPos])
+                                        ):
+                                        is_no_match = True
+                                        break
                                 else:
                                     if record[fieldPos] != pattern:
-                                        raise 'No Match'        
+                                        is_no_match = True
+                                        break
                             except Exception:
                                 raise KBError(
-                                 'Invalid match expression for %s'
-                                 % self.field_names[fieldPos])
+                                    'Invalid match expression for %s'
+                                    % self.field_names[fieldPos])
                         # If the field type is boolean, then I will simply
                         # do an equality comparison.  See comments above
                         # about why I am actually doing a string compare
                         # here rather than a boolean compare.
                         elif self.field_types[fieldPos] == bool:
                             if record[fieldPos] != pattern:
-                                raise 'No Match'
+                                is_no_match = True
+                                break
                         # If it is not a string or a boolean, then it must 
                         # be a number or a date.
                         else:
@@ -1776,14 +1781,14 @@ class KirbyBase:
                             # strings works out the same as comparing two
                             # datetime values anyway.    
                             elif self.field_types[fieldPos] in (
-                             datetime.date, datetime.datetime):
+                                datetime.date, datetime.datetime):
                                 tableValue = record[fieldPos]
                             else:
                                 # If it falls through to here, then,
                                 # somehow, a bad field type got put into
                                 # the table and we show an error.
                                 raise KBError('Invalid field type for %s'
-                                 % self.field_names[fieldPos])
+                                              % self.field_names[fieldPos])
                             # Now we do the actual comparison.  I used to
                             # just do an eval against the pattern string
                             # here, but I found that eval's are VERY slow.
@@ -1791,12 +1796,11 @@ class KirbyBase:
                             # they are trying to do and I do it directly.
                             # This sped up queries by 40%.     
                             if not pattern[0](tableValue, pattern[1]):
-                                raise 'No Match' 
+                                is_no_match = True
+                                break
                 # If a 'No Match' exception was raised, then go to the
                 # next record, otherwise, add it to the list of matches.
-                except 'No Match':
-                    pass
-                else:
+                if not is_no_match:
                     match_list.append([line, fpos])
                 # Save the file position BEFORE we read the next record,
                 # because after a read it is pointing at the END of the