Terry-

>Thanks for the input, guys. I'm just formulating it in my head. Yes, there are indeed 3 tables with a ZONE field: ALLZONES, RZSTOP and the cursor I'm scanning, to wit:

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>So I had decided to prefix the field but not sure how to do it. I've used a named expression to get the cursor so how can I use this in the expression:
> lcSeekKey = thisform.cRoute + thisform.cGen + thisform.cDirectn ;
> + "1 " + STR( lcSetZoneCrs.ZONE, 4)
>gives an error. How?

str(&lcSetZoneCrs.Zone,4)

p.s. Better double check that you're scanning what you think you're scanning.