>I will try your suggestion.
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>It might take a few days to get some input out in the field to see if this worked from the users using the apps.
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>If this doesn't work, I will be left with no choice but to use poor programming technique and have 250 REPLACE statements.
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>Regards,
>Torrey

Oh my never do that. 250 replacement fields do not need 250 replace commands but one (thinking hard to hit command line limit).
Cetin