Thanks!

>I guess '=' has higher precedence than '$'. You can use parenthethis to get correct reslut
>

>? cse_closed = ("CLOSED" $ UPPER(currentCaseStatus))
>

>>I'm curious why the following give me an "Operator/operand type mismatch" error:
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>>cse_closed="CLOSED"$UPPER(currentCaseStatus)
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>>cse_closed is a logical field in the currently selected table.
>>currentCaseStatus is a character field in the currently selected table.
>>
>>
>>AND:
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>>"CLOSED"$UPPER(currentCaseStatus)=cse_closed
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>>does NOT give me an error, but returns a logical value.
>>
>>Thanks, J