Or even just EMPTY converts to a string...
   return num1 & ""=num2 & ""
Hugh Senior
FLCo
> From: "Ralph DiMola" <rdimola at evergreeninfo.net>
> 
> Feeling pretty clueless here but...
> 
> I need ("5" = "005") to be false. This is for password validation.
> 
> Ralph DiMola