I decided to go with the empty string rather than null's for stringfields and being a lazy sod I've just written a bit of code to wade through the apps I'm converting and replace any field.Clear; with field.AsString := '';

If anyone wants a copy post here and I'll post to the binaries.

Roy Lambert

"Roy Lambert" <roy.lambert@skynet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If anyone wants a copy post here and I'll post to the binaries.
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Roy  I'am just playing with nulls so post it pretty please xxx
I think we will have to pay to get that kinda stuff after March.
Ritas thinking of going to the happy valley retirement home
anyway.
Rita