I have done the requisite searches and cannot find any reference to this problem. So it must be something I'm overlooking. I want to search for properties that have a certain number in them, that are stored as strings. Such as zipcode or date of birth (there are reasons why we don't use a date object) or any other sequence of digits. I specified in the catalog that I wanted a Textfield index for these. In the search form I specify the input with the :string type. I would have assumed that these would work just like Last Name and First Name work (which BTW work fine). But the numeric strings never find a match even though the properties exist with the data in them and the objects are registered in the catalog. Example: (folderish ZClass object) Ann Jackson with a DOB of 1960/01/01 I can find her with a* in the first_name I can find her with j* in the last_name I cannot find her with 1960* or for that matter 1960/01/01 in the dob. Any clues here? -- Tim Cook, President -- Free Practice Management,Inc. | http://www.FreePM.com Office: (901) 884-4126 "Nearly everyone will lie to you given the right circumstances." - Bill Clinton