I would guess that it's interpreting them as NUMERICs, not text. Try X= 'A'; Y = 'A ' and see what it does.
Larry Hiscock Western Computer Services -----Original Message----- X = '1' Y = '1 ' ;* note the trailing space character X = Y is true <snip> ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
