Hi, Perry.

You don't show where you assign lcATAFName. I hate to second guess you, but is that where the problem is?

What _does_ happen to the field value after the replace.

Does, by any chance, changing it to
REPLACE (lcATAFName) WITH lcATAFValue
help?


>Hi all,
>
>I have a REPLACE statement that won't work. Here it is
>
>lnATAFValue = EVAL('xtab.'+lcFName)
>lcATAFValue = STR(lnATAFValue)
>SELECT ATA_Report
>GO BOTTOM
>REPLACE &lcATAFName WITH lcATAFValue
>
>The REPLACE doesn;t insert the value of the variable into the field &lcATAFName.
>
>TIA