Aha ; so it is still active; I need to extract the domain name from an email address; e. g laskdfaksdf@xxxxxxxxx=20 I need to get qwert.com into a variable I get the weirdest things out of POSIT and SUBSTR Surely, some one has figured this out . . . bobh -----Original Message----- From: focus-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:focus-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hamilton, Robert L Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 11:53 AM To: FOCUS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [focus-l] TEST=20 TEST TO SEE IF THIS IS ACTIVE