Master page spread - data merge problem

ok - I  prematurely posted b4 that I could successfully do this but am stuck with one  problem that is a show stopper.
I have  a master page spread [left and right pages] which has several fields which I populate on  over 200 pages with data merge. I got this to work ok but teh snag is  that the merge only works  on teh first master page - and since InDesig automatically starts with a right hand page - this would be teh 2nd page of my spread - I can get  both pages to merge data correclty but I wind up with  a starting right hand page - then a left hand page  facing a right hand page which is not for hte same record but the record below it. Is tehre any way aroudn this? Is tehre any way I can force inDesign to start with a  left hand page?

whohee - it worked - thanks a bunch - you guys in this forum are gre
at!

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