> Usually you are spot on with everything you say. less often than you may think thanks for the correction no idea how i managed to translate 4 bytes into 8 bits > I found this reference: > > http://sqlx.org/SQLXdocs/20001102-am00-sqltypes.html#integer cool, thanks! > Does anybody have access to a free version of the official SQL/92 or SQL/99 > documentation? there ain't one, that i know of rudy