I did notice you were trimming the "login.user" on the one side and not the other, but Cetin says none of it makes any difference ... so forget what I said.

>>Henry:
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>>You're doing a lot of "trimming" in your SQL SELECTs while using the "==" operator ...
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>>When using "==" with operands that are of unequal length, you will never get a match ...
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>>Conversely, when using the "=" operator, you have to be sensetive to what the SET EXACT setting is.
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>Hi Gerry:
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>Thank you for your kind response. Are you saying that I must SET EXACT OFF?Further, once trimming has taken place, should they not be of equal length? Is this the reason for the unexpected outcome?
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>Thanks again.