James-

This works great but this would seem to advocate using textmerge instead of SPT parameters.

Dan

>Dan,
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>I have not worked with MySql but I have done a lot of work with Sybase ASA. I was curious if the following made a difference?
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>  lcSql = textmerge("Select * From User Where UserId = <<pnUserId>>")
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>>I'm using parameters but I am finding some disturbing quirks w/MySql and Fox.
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>>Take the following simple query.
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>>Select * From User Where UserId = ?pnUserId
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>>This works in most cases but not all.
>>In one case when the user id is 253 it will not bring down a record.
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>>But if I change the code to this:
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>>Select * From User Where UserId = Cast( ?pnUserId As Signed )
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>>This works every time but this is a PITA to add to all integer parameters.
>> snip >>