Howdy Group,

I've searched everywhere but can't seem to find the solution to this
problem:

All of our date fields come up with the edit mask 'xx/xx/xxxx' in our
edit controls (DBEdit etc). I know how to change the mask, but what I
want is *NO* mask at all. ie let the user have complete control.

Essentially, I want to know how to allow null dates into the
database. Eg if I edit a record, and the DBEdit box
shows '14/02/2002', I can blank out all the numbers to
get ' / / '. However Delphi then complains that ' / / ' is
not a valid date!

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

Paul.