>>1. Change lcNumber to be a parameter - to avoid SQL injection attacks.
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>>2. Try to list all the fields explicitly.
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>>3. The code dr.Read() should be changed to
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>>while dr.Read()
>> lcData = dr("Comment").ToString()
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>Thanks for the suggestion. But I discovered the problem actual never existed. The text field actual did have numbers in them and the dataset was being read correctly. I guess should have look at the data before assuming i was getting the wrong data.

Good, but still better to adjust your coding.