Steve,

Thanks for your reply. My problem has been figured out since my initial post. The data type is the same for all records. The code I am using is as follows:

select alsView

(flags) llrec1 = .F., llrec2 = .F., llrec3 = .F.

scan

if field = "1"
llrec1
(error code)
else
llrec1 = .T.
endif

...and so on for field = "2", "3", etc...

endscan

Thanks
Chris