From: Sebastian Hungerecker Date: 2008-08-05T05:41:42+09:00 Subject: Re: hash code reference - this only returns 'nil' please help me Mmcolli00 Mom wrote: >   puts ErrFieldID             #This correctly shows 25127 Try p ErrFieldID Maybe ErrFieldID is not a string or contains spaces or non-printable characters somewhere. HTH, Sebastian -- NP: Metallica - Master of Puppets Jabber: sepp2k@jabber.org ICQ: 205544826