>John,
>
>>>lcFileName = '030PH38D'
>>>lcOrder = 'DESC'
>
>I think you mean lcIndexName?
>
>Anyways, notice the first character is zero. That causes the error. If you test with lcIndexName = '_30PH38D' the &lcIndexName will work. You probably never got a number for the first character until 2000.

Thanks.. You are correct. I didn't know about the zero as first character issue.