Also,

The opposite of my last mentioned query:
SELECT STK_ID, COMMENTS
FROM STOCK
WHERE COMMENTS = ''
(ie looking for all blank comment fields)

Returns ALL records, including the ones which have text in the
COMMENTS field!!

Agghhhhh, I know the err is on my side, but I just can't figure it
out.
It should not be this difficult!!
And I even had a good nights sleep last night!!

hmmmm,
-Ryan