>It was my understanding that VARTYPE would only pass an 'O' if the variable was a living object. If VARTYPE were to classify a dead object it would return an 'X' because the variable was NULL.
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>Glenn
Glenn,

That is incorrect as NULL always has a data type and that type will be O if the variable was previously and object. Assigning NULL to a variable does not render the variable released, the variable still exists and has a value of NULL with a data type of what it was before NULL was assigned. See my other post on this thread for an example.