You wrote:
> If I run the first attempt it returns and error: type mismatch

> >If objRS("adminperm") = CLng(Request.form("txtAPP")) Then

Try:
If CLng(objRS("adminperm")) = CLng(Request.form("txtAPP")) Then

> not sure how your second option works? IF "" ??

The "" is a zero length string. Concatenating it with the number forces it to type String.

Regards

Chris Marsh