>You could also try this:
>

>lcSetDate=Set([date])
>lcSetMark=Set([mark])
>SET DATE  TO  YMD
>SET MARK TO "-"
>
>lcSQL=[SELECT Numero FROM News WHERE Year={d '] + Alltrim(Dtoc(vuData)) + ['}]
>
>Set Date To (lcSetDate)
>Set Mark To (lcSetMark)
>

Thanks, but as you might have seen in another reply I this this morning, I created a function DateUniversal() which I call when I need that special syntax. This avoids me to change the SETtings which is something that I am avoiding when working in a Web framework.