I agree with Jim Glenda. THe following code should let you step through the string and see what's what. Lisa Function fncStripCtlChrs(strpString As String) ' Strip some funny characters Dim intlM As Integer Dim strlS As String strlS = "" For intlM = 1 To Len(strpString) ' MsgBox Mid$(strpString, intlM, 1) & " " & Asc(Mid$(strpString, intlM, 1)) Select Case Asc(Mid$(strpString, intlM, 1)) Case 13, 7, 10, 9, 150 Case Else strlS = strlS & Mid$(strpString, intlM, 1) End Select Next fncStripCtlChrs = strlS ' ********************************************************************** * End Function > -----Original Message----- > From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of Glenda Wells > Sent: 30 March 2005 23:23 > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mso] Access Query/Report help > > > > The two statements below are identical except for the > criteria. One is > looking for Enrollment Deposit the other looking for > Application Fee. > The one for App Fee runs and the result includes the VAL from > AvtyComment as it should. The one for Deposit runs and the result > incudes little boxes where the VAL should be. Any thoughts on this > would be MOST appreciated. I've spent way too much time trying to > figure this out. /glenda > ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************