Bryn,

<< -The statement works in the ELevateDB manager, but it STILL throws the
conversion error exception in the delphi application. >>

Are you running the application in the IDE ?  If so, are you sure that you
aren't seeing the exception in the debugger only ?  Certain kinds of
conversion errors raise exceptions, but are handled internally by the EDB
code.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com