> Vinod, DESC is interpreted as "Descending" and causes VERY unpredictable > results in SQL. However, if you ARE using it in existing tables, just be > sure you preface it with the alias (MyTable.Desc) and you should be OK. If > you've been careful to use this syntax all along, you probably haven't had > any trouble. ... and suffix it with AS DESCRIPT (or something like that) so that you won't have any problems when retrieving stuff from the cursor or table that youre creating. /Paul