Hi Burt, Hi all,

>DTOS() is easier to read than DTOC(,1)

>To Preserve consistency, what I would do is create the following function
>Function TTOS(tdDate)
>Return TTOC(tcDate,1)

I'd prefer #DEFINE, if you could do some define like

#DEFINE TTOS(a) TTOC(a,1)

but that doesn't even work with a=DateTime().

Consistency advantage and readability or not, with a function or a define you are dependant of that and if you forget to copy that function or define into your next database stored procs, you'll also run into errors. So I'd say use DTOC(dField,1) in the key expression and TTOC(tField,1) with DateTime fields. It's not all that hard to look up or just try out the meaning of ,1 in the command window.

Bye, Olaf.