>Hi,
>Naomi,
>very very very very sorry, but still record with field3="number2' at eof()
>
>Now realy,
>
>Good bye
>(will read/react on eventual good solutions tom)
>
>Koen

In the first part also make sure that you PADR to the longest length if the LEN(Field1) <> LEN(Field2).

Otherwise I give up for now, can not see in my mind why would it work this way. (I'm solving this problem in my mind).