create table temp (MemFld M) && Char field would do as well append blank replace MemFld WITH 'abcdef' local cVar cVar = MemFld ? MemFld, cVar && They're the same SET UDFPARMS TO REFERENCE DO MyFunc WITH MemFld ? MemFld, cVar && still the same DO MyFunc WITH cVar ? MemFld, cVar && different FUNCTION MyFunc PARAMETER cInString cInString = 'fedcba' RETURN