What is the code you are using for storing the information in the field? Can you post it? Sounds like you are storing the code instead of its value.
Tracy
>I have a program that pulls information in from the header portion of different text files. I want to store the parameters in a dbf file and recall them as I need to as opposed to hard coding them into the program in a case statement.
> This is stored in a field called start CTOD(SUBSTR(AP,56,8)).
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>When I set MVStart = Start all I get is the text CTOD(SUBSTR(AP,56,8))
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>Thanks
>Todd
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