>>>
>>>Arnon, you were just about there. This is what
>>>I did which works well on my little 100 record
>>>test file:
>>Yes creating a cursor gives you even better control than just place holders
>>- I thought about that after I hit send though :)
>
>That, and the fact that I couldn't think of how
>to create an implicityl integer field ( 0, VAL(0),
>INT(0)...)
>
>The example you gave would have yielded the sam
>thing as the original (I think... :)
>
>Again, thanks so much for your help.

if you put a place holder without a decimal point it would be integer though admitadly not the (relatively) new VFP integer type

Arnon