On 13 April 2001 at 23:11:51, zac <zac at pixelgeek.com> wrote: z> Warden, Matt wrote: >> thoughts? z> Not using CF by any chance are you? how about GetString if you're using ado/oledb?? it creates the string for you which is prolly what you don't want to do...but ya never know.... darren. -- http://www.imart.co.uk