Jerry,

Your example was:

SELECT sales.*, ;
CASE(NULL AS I) AS myint ;
FROM sales ;
INTO CURSOR mysales

The problem is a "typo" in your command. You used the keyword "CASE" instead of the keyword "CAST". The command works if it is:

SELECT sales.*, ;
CAST(NULL AS I) AS myint ;
FROM sales ;
INTO CURSOR mysales

Regards,
Paul James