Vartype() always returns C for memo fields. That's one reason I always use Type().

Greg


>?Vartype(mymemofield) returns C not M
>?TYPE("mymemofield") returns M
>
>Not sure why vartype() acts different?
>
>
>
>
>>Vartype is supposed to be faster and you don't have to use the quotation marks around the expression.
>>
>>Greg
>>
>>
>>>Jerry,
>>>
>>>Also look at vartype() and afields() functions...
>>>
>>>>Is there a function to return the type of field in a table. We need to know if a field is a Character field, Numeric, etc...
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Jerryt