>>hehe, i thought you would <vbg> thank you!
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>>based on your response and the reply's from Borislav and Vladimir i cam up with the following, which works for me. i still could not figure out how to populate a memo field within the sql command (vfp6) - well i just have to live with it.
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>One more reason to upgrade to VFP9. :)
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<s> true, true!!!, but not an option at this time {sad face}