Hi Experts,

Why does the SQL Statement below yield a Character field for TOTALQTY?

SELECT A.DATE, F.DESCRIPTOR AS CUSTNAME, E.DESCRIPTOR AS PRODNAME, D.DATE AS PICKUPDATE,
       COUNT(*) AS TOTALQTY
 FROM XOUT_HO A, XOUT_HODTL B, PARCEL C, JOBORDER D, PRODUCT E, CUSTOMER F
 WHERE A.ID=B.XOUT_HOID AND B.PARCELID=C.ID AND C.JOBORDERID=D.ID AND D.PRODUCTID=E.ID AND
       D.CUSTOMERID=F.ID AND A.DATE BETWEEN "2010-01-01" AND "2010-10-15" AND YEAR( A.POSTDATE ) > 0
 GROUP BY 1,2,3,4

Thanks in advance
Dennis