Rich,

set filter to trim(this.value) $ fieldname

>We have a table with a PONUM field. The field is 15 characters and when the PONUM is assigned it is padded with leading zeros.
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>I've got a textbox which is used to set a filter on the cursor with this field. In the InteractiveChange event I need to put the equivalent of
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>SET FILTER TO MyStripLeadingZeros(fieldname) = TRIM(this.value)

>This would mean that, if you type a "1" all the following records would be included in the filter
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>000000000000001
>000000000000011
>000000000000112
>000000000010012
>000000001122334
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>If you then added a second "1" ("11") it would reduce the selected list to
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>000000000000011
>000000000000112
>000000001122334
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>I'm not happy with my version of MyStripLeadingZeros()
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>Can somebody give me a reasonable efficient implementation of it????
>
>Thanks to all...............Rich