Hi jomali,
> Why would you want to waste space in the database to store the parentheses, > spaces and dash < At least in my case, because I often modify data in the raw stored database format, and it is easier if the format is easy to read, and storage space and computer speed to scan it are now _very_ cheap. I'm mostly speaking of use in dBase and FoxPro as I am just slowly learning / converting to OO Base. Bob
