>Given:
>

>< %
>function formatdate2(lddate)
>if isdate(lddate) then
>   formatdate2 = lddate
>else
>	formatedate2 = ??? what goes here ???
>end if	
>end function
>
>
>   .fields("a_scoping").value = formatdate2(request.form("a_scoping"))
>% >
>

>How would you finish the function to insert a blank date into a_scoping?
>
>Thanks

I think in VB null is called Nothing

Cetin