> I apologize for not replying sooner, I have been on travel to Washington > D.C. the past week. DESC would probably be fine to use as a field name in > a table. Just be aware that there is a VFP function - DESCending() - that > returns a logical value indicating if an index was created as descending. N N OOO !! NN N O O !! N N N O O !! N NN O O N N OOO !! Do Not Ever Use DESC As A Field Name. You will _never_ be able to issue a SELECT -- SQL to information. /Paul