With a sequence like, put the long id of fld (word 1 of myVar) into theFld put "gizmo" into theFld I end up with "gizmo" in the variable theFld, rather than the field it references. Am I doing something wrong, or does this just not work for fields (7.0-RC2) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462