Instead of ALLTRIM(STR(rendoring)) use:
PADL(rendoring,10,'0')

>Hi,
>
>The field was actually numeric in the table from which the select statement was done. However, the select statement selects that field like so:
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>Select allt(str(rendorind)) from V11481.dbf into table TmpClaim
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>So the TmpClaim table now has a rendorind field that is char(10). The rendorind is "0" for all records in the tmpclaim table.
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>I try to append the contents of tmpclaim table to the process table (which contains a rendorind field, char(10)). Once appended, the records are all blank for that field.