>Hi Erik,
>
>Thanks for responding but, I tried SELECT NVL(ORD.ORD_DT, {} ) AS ORD_DT
>And ORACLE didn't like that. I know in straight VFP that works. I also tried the empty quotes like for a string. No luck.
>
>Mike

Sorry, I have no experience with Oracle databases. YOu might want to direct Mark M's attention to this problem.