As far as I know, all databases accept a date in the
YYYY-MM-DD format. In that case, you just put it
that way and you stay db-independent.

I don't really understand your problem with alphafield,
if it contains a date, you just detect it and parse correctly...

./Maciek

>>> lwm317_ebayaccount@... 09/10/03 10h48 >>>

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I could check for Data in the format dd/mm/yyyy and replace with
dd.mm.yyyy but what if an Alphafield happens to contain a date?