Thanks cetin, i knew it was something easy, just couldn't remember it.
Slán
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>>i am using sum to get the total for a column in a cursor before writing the value away to a table, the only problem is that the values in the sum command are now appearing on the form. i have tried noconsole after the sum but that is giving me errors, any ideas?
>>Slán
>>~M
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>set talk off
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>Cetin