Don't use ALLBASE so don't know if this will work...
Could you do a logical test on the column. Some languages will return true for all non zero values.
see my web page at http://users.erols.com/bpkprsnl/
>>> Michel Gauthier <[log in to unmask]> 06/07/99 04:34PM >>>
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ceiling( abs(column) / (abs(column) + 1))
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