Hello Colin, Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 10:23:28 PM, you wrote: ... CF> The user should be able to 'null' the date field. ... CF> set (birthday = <dtml-sqlvar birthday type="string">) i think type=nb would work the way you want.. (the nb means non-blank , meaning replace the empty string with NULL) :) -- Geir Bækholt web-developer geirh@funcom.com funcom oslo | webdev-team