I'd say it is a very bad idea to use an asterisk to represent "don't use any value". The fact your debating it shows it will probably lead to confusion. The previous suggestion of NULL sounds like a good idea to me, or maybe OFF or DISABLE.
* to me means "any value", not "no value". Regards Patrick Loftus Systems Programming Team Leader Central Systems patrick.lof...@tnt.com TNT sure we can ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
