TRY CREATE CURSOR curTest (&UserString I) USE IN curTest llUserStringValid = .T. CATCH TO loEx llUserStringValid = .F. ENDTRY>I'm guessing someone already as an easy routine or command for this. I'm letting the users create a string which later is used to create a cursor for running a special report. I need to validate that the characters they entered in the string will be valid in a field name. Does anyone have an easy way to do this?