>Thanks for all the help
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>I'll try the "long way" to see how it goes - BTW does anyone know if this is problem which has been fixed in the new version of VFP?
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>Wishfull thinking on my part no doubt!
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There is no problem. If a numeric field is blank, it is zero, and should be included in averages. So, in your special case, you have to do a little extra work since you want to throw zeros out of the avg...