Hi Ken
I like Ted Roche's approach, but have you tried CAST()?
BTW, here's a way to make your query more readable which may help you
with future queries.
TEXT TO artfield TEXTMERGE NOSHOW
(SELECT ICASE(musPerfs.arttype == "P",
ALLTRIM(musPeople.firstname) + " " + ALLTRIM(musPeople.lastname),
musPerfs.arttype == "B",
musBands.bandname," ")
FROM musPerfs
JOIN musPeople ON musPeople.pkid = musPerfs.artid
JOIN musBands ON musBands.pkid = musPerfs.artid
WHERE musPerfs.songid = musSongs.pkid)
ENDTEXT
artfield = CHRTRANC(m.artfield, CHR(13) + CHR(10) + CHR(9), SPACE(0))
TEXT TO thequery TEXTMERGE NOSHOW
SELECT musSongs.song, CAST(<<m.artfield>>),CHAR(50)) AS artist
FROM musSongs
JOIN musPerfs ON musPerfs.songid = musSongs.pkid
JOIN musRecs ON musRecs.perfid = musPerfs.pkid
ORDER BY song, artist
ENDTEXT
thequery = CHRTRANC(m.thequery, CHR(13) + CHR(10) + CHR(9), SPACE(0))
HTH
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