To add to what James mentioned, you can also set a field = to the result of a function. So this would work also Result: nz([myField],0) would return 0 for each row that contained a <null> value in myField -----Original Message----- From: James LaBorde [mailto:jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:08 PM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Re: Access Field :VSMail MX1 Glenda, When you are working in a query you can add anything you would like into a new field. The : tells Access that you are creating a new field. The part before it is the name of the field, the part after is what you would like in the field. Therefore all of the following work in this manner: TotalSale: [Quantity]*[Price] MemberName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] JoinMe:1 CreatedBy: "Glenda Wells" In each case the new field will be created in the query and the appropriate data displayed. Just remember to use your quotes for strings. If you don't use quotes, Access will assume you are referring to field names. James La Borde South Western Federal Credit Union -----Original Message----- From: Glenda Wells [mailto:gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 7:07 AM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Access Field :VSMail MX1 Please help. I'm having complete brain fade. In Access you can enter a field like this Number:1 with the result being that every row has a number 1. Is there a way to do the same thing so the result for each row is an alpha character? Thanks. /gl ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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?Subject=unsubscribe 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 *************************************************************