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>Thanks for the reply, George. Can't use CALCULATE, this is a character field (cIssue_Pk, "c" means character), *have* to use MAX(VAL(etc...
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Oh, yes you can. You need to check the documentation, it works with any appropriate data type. I was aware that it was a character field. As for the deleted business, you could add the FOR clause: NOT DELETED().

George