>TableField = "Table.Field"
>?type("TableField")
>
>The type of the "TableField" may be a date, an integer or whatever but he type function will always return "C".
>
>How can I get the data type of a table field whose name is in a variable?

John - use a name expression.
lcVarName = eval(Table.Field) && got the value
? type("lcVarName") && gimme the type of the value.

but ? eval is overkill in some cases .