Thank you for all the reply, @Misi - The real field in trying to filter now was previously a char field, but user came to a conclusion to change the field to a real number field.
i might go with one of your options the on gain focus for the real field, but users can have multiple entry on this said field so im having second thoughts on using that option. @David - there has been a couple of instances that users input special characters accidentally, and these values do not get filtered causing process to stop. i dont believe it is a process of export from databases. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
