• I cannot tell a lie... I ran the code before answering this one. 😛

    I wanted to pick '1234567890' but I wanted to prove I was "right" first. What a surprise! I, too, will be using COALESCE more often...

    Who knew that a NULL would have a character length of 1??? (in this case) Can't wait to stump my friends with this one!

    Peter Trast
    Microsoft Certified ...(insert many literal strings here)
    Microsoft Design Architect with Alexander Open Systems