Yep, dropped back to VFP, glad it worked.
>Hi Neil, I take it you meant char(10) not chr(10) ? Anyway what I did was this
>
>
>update mytable
>set myfield = replace(replace(myfield,char(10),''),char(13),'')
>
>
>thanks for pointing me in the right direction - it worked a treat.
Regards N Mc Donald