at the very end it should be ) as n not a funny face

Thanks very much David for the quick response and all works well.

Cheers

cheers byron, man i must be tired or something....well onwards and upwards now, hope your having a good day

wonderful....thanks so much....didn't know about the Cast function.  Cheers so much now Im on a roll with all my other letters.  Very much appreciated.

Your right it is a simple join, but somehow I need to get the total of animals slaughtered into my letter and as thats doing a calculation to get it...