>Thanks Dragan. Using your simple

replace mymemo with padr(newvalue, max(len(mymemo), len(newvalue)), chr(0))

is very straight forward and makes for a neat solution. Thanks. I prefer the wild, moutain man picture <g>

Um... how did you know. The old picture was taken in a house on a hill, and the new one here, in coastal flatlands. Phototelepathy?