>Hi George,
>>As far as needing both EMPTY() and ISNULL() the answer is yes. If a field is null EMPTY() will return .T.
>Umm, won't empty() return .F. for a null?

Whoops, yep, you're right, Bill. My bad! ISNULL() will return .T. and EMPTY() will return .F. Sheesh, take a short vacation and I've got everything backwards.< bg >