Hi,
Can you use GETFLDSTATE?

Ex.
Getfldstate("myfield") = 3 equals User didn't touch the field
Getfldstate("myfield") = 4 equals User made it whatever it is even if it's 0

>Hi David,
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>Ug. I kept looking at the Numeric type in the help. Thanks.
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>So any ideas how tell if it's 0 for a newly appended blank record? I append a blank a record to a view, then show the user a form to edit it. I need to tell if the user picked 0 or if it is 0 from the append.
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>Here's what wierd. If it's a remote view using ODBC to connect to a VFP table (with that field marked to not allow null's). Append to the view, the field has a 0. Now TableUpdate it, you get an error "Field XXX does not allow NULL's". ???
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>>Uh, guys...
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>>The help also says this:
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>>Note that Currency, Integer and Double type expressions are never blank, and ISBLANK( ) always returns false (.F.) for these data types.
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>>So you are seeing the documented return value for Integer.
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>>>Whew! I thought I was going nuts ;) Thanks.
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>>>Now I need to find a work around.
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>>>>I get the same results. Looks like you found a bug, at least according to the help file's definition of how IsBlank() should work.