Hi Dale,

It would be quite easy to acomplish in VFP9 for any data type with new CAST() function.

>Thanks! This works just the way I want.
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>If we can count on any one person to come through, it seems we can count on you 99.99999...9% of the time. In my younger days, I might have come up with the solution....and maybe not. The memory ain't what it used to be:)