On Jun 29, 2005, at 5:05 AM, jbv wrote: > > put "SELECT "$"+toString(id)+"$", col_1, col_2 FROM myTable > WHERE id > < 100" into myREQUEST This works in MySQL: SELECT concat("$",ID,"$") as myCol, col_1, col_2 FROM myTable WHERE id < 100 -- Trevor DeVore Blue Mango Multimedia trevor at mangomultimedia.com