Steve Patrick (spatrick) writes: > Mike, the following is from IMAGE/SQL's display map: > > INVOICES (INVOICES) > INVOICE-NO INVOICE_NO J4 CHAR(20) I > As you say, the J4 maps to a CHAR(20) and is Imprecise/Incompatible. > I don't want ANY items, defined as J4, to be mapped to CHAR(20). So you can > do the following, in IMAGE/SQL: > UPDATE TYPE J4 IN * TO DECIMAL(15,0) Thanks a lot Steve!!! I tried it and it works like a charm. I had been trying the UPDATE command, but obviously was doing something wrong. Note: You do have to detach and re-attach your tables in ACCESS after you do an update of course. Again, many thanks Mike.