>>I'm needing to concatenate records together into a large string which I will reprint at the bottom of my report. I thought I was clever in planning to do this as a report variable, but it seems report variables can only be numbers....
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>Report variables can be strings too...
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>I would initialize a report variable and then in the report, call a function from the detail band that does a
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>vMyString = vMyString + SourceTable.Field
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>and then place vMyString in the footer.

To add to what Eric has said, If you are setting up the variable with the report writer there is a text box that is labeled "Initial Value" place a "" in that to make it a string. By default it is a 0.


HTH
Jeff