Tracy,
There is something wrong there < g >. VFP9, SP1 it says, no? The first field is not an issue then.
Cetin

>That was it! :o) Thanks Steve!
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>>Tracy,
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>>Does the first record in the query result have a match between table1 and table2 for that field? Are you allowing enough spaces in the space() function? If you use NVL(bvalue,"") and the first record has no match, then the field won't be wide enough to show any results.