Jim helped me awhile back and I've been using his expression since: Like "??????5???" It returns the result of our alpha/numeric order numbers of only those with a '5' in the 7th position. However, I did not know at the time the numbers would go higher than 5, I was thinking 5999 would be highest. But like the Y2K problem, it could keep going till 9999. Therefore, is it possible to use same idea of the exact position but cover any number from ??????5000 thru ??????9999 Since it's alpha, the greater than doesn't work. I can say Like "??????5???" or Like "??????6???" or Like "??????7???" or Like "??????8???" or Like "??????9???", and that is working in my test. But is there a more efficient way to achieve same? Thank you again, Cathy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************