Hi Cetin,

>SELECT emp_id,EVL('dummy',TTOC(Birth_date)) as bdate FROM (_samples+'data\employee')

>Expected: To run w/o error.
>Observed: C...5
>
>Cetin

I tried here and I get error, too. But, I change "TTOC" to "DTOC" and work. My test was:

SELECT emp_id,EVL('dummy', DTOC(Birth_date)) as bdate FROM (_samples+'data\employee')

In my Employee table sample, the Birth_date field is of type Date. I think that exist something around it.