That's right. I was doing the + and not the &. I think that is all the questions I have. THANX Dan In a message dated 1/18/2000 5:09:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, cheetah@cheetahsden.com writes: > Yep. On the 89 all you have to do is put & between the two strings, such as " > I > like "&"ketchup", or "I like "&abc, if abc is a string. On the 86 you put + > between them.