>I am not sure you (or anybody else) notice the changes I made in ISNUMEIRC() function:
>From:
>ISNUMERIC(Fld1+'e1') = 1
>to
>ISNUMERIC(Fld1+'0e1') = 1
>
>That is a trick I learned from George Mastros. Unfortunately he only post in tek-tips forum.
>The goal here is that IF you have values as in the example above ISNUMERIC(Fld1+'0e1') returns:
>

>'1'   -> '1e1'   -> 1
>'1e1' -> '1e1e1' -> 0
>'1d12'-> '1d12e1'-> 0
>''    -> 'e1'    -> 1
>

>and you update only these records where you have a proper numeric values :-)

He now also posts on asp.net/forums so broader audience can benefit from his vast knowledge...