rtrim([mytable].[myfield]) = ''

That's two single quotes. The square brackets are T-SQL for "get me out of reserved-word hell, please and thank you."

Hank

>Hi,
>
>I need to create a function to replace the expression "!empty(mytable.myfield)" with "len(mytable.myfield)>0" (to make it work for SQL server).
>I played with SUBSTR and STRTRAN functions but can't seem to find a way to get around the fact that the "mytable.myfield" changes from one expression to another. So it has to be "generic."
>I would appreciate any suggestions