Create Table c:\temp\table_memo ( mField m ) > >Create Table c:\temp\table_char ( cField c(50) ) > >Select Padr( mField, 100 ) As cResult ; > From Table_Memo ; > Into Cursor curTest ; >Union ; >Select Padr( cField, 100 ) ; > From Table_CharYes, this is exactly how I saw it at first. But, if I have a memo, that's because I have some values over 250 characters. I thought I would run into problems at one time or another because of the restriction of the character field versus the memo field. IAC, for now, I found that I no longer need the second part of the SQL. But, it is an interesting issue to deal with.