>>>>Thank
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I try with a UDF function but Error
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>      PRIVATE ab
>>>>      Ab = CREATEOBJECT("cruflaaa.CRUFLaaa")
>>>>WAIT WINDOW  Ab.cAlltrimAmline( "    testg                     ")  Good result
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      TEXT TO .SELECTCMD NOSHOW TEXTMERGE PRETEXT 15
>>>>			SELECT HDBK, Hid , HDOCNO, HAMOUNT,  STR( HDOCDATE ) AS 'DATEDOC',CREATEDBY,
>>>>			STR(Createdon) AS 'createdon' , hremint  FROM <<.TABLES>>
>>>>			WHERE Ab.cAlltrimAmline( HDBK ) LIKE '<<Vp_in>>'
>>>>      ENDTEXT
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>But here function Ab.cAlltrimAmline NOT defined !
>>>
>>>Why do you need to use UDF at all? If you want to get rid of spaces, use
>>>

>>>      TEXT TO .SELECTCMD NOSHOW TEXTMERGE PRETEXT 15
>>>			SELECT HDBK, Hid , HDOCNO, HAMOUNT,  STR( HDOCDATE ) AS 'DATEDOC',CREATEDBY,
>>>			STR(Createdon) AS 'createdon' , hremint  FROM <<.TABLES>>
>>>			WHERE RTRIM(LTRIM( HDBK )) LIKE '<<Vp_in>>'
>>>    ENDTEXT

>>>
>>>Also, are you sure that it's valid to use STR function with dates?
>>
>>or
>>

>>>      TEXT TO .SELECTCMD NOSHOW TEXTMERGE PRETEXT 15
>>>			SELECT HDBK, Hid , HDOCNO, HAMOUNT,  STR( HDOCDATE ) AS 'DATEDOC',CREATEDBY,
>>>			STR(Createdon) AS 'createdon' , hremint  FROM <<.TABLES>>
>>>			WHERE HDBK  LIKE '%<<Vp_in>>%'
>>>    ENDTEXT

>
>I'm assuming that '%' is included into Vp_in already, because otherwise I don't see a reason for using LIKE and not = at all.

In that case, there's no need to trim, is there ?