Thanks Dave, I tried the CHR(13), but that is not it - this is just represented by a spece within a string - CR perhaps. Nonetheless, the second soultion with the left substring has done the trick.

For some reason my case statement is not matching on the string even tho it looks identical once the dot has been amputated, but i guess i just need to track this down and i will be good to go.

Thanks for your help - I will use the left function again now i know about it.

Best regards,

Don