DID ANYOEN FIND AN ANSWER TO THIS? I HAVE TRIED LINKING DDMMYY AS DATE FROM A TXT FILE - TRIED VARIOSU PERMUTATIONS IN THE LINK SPEC BUT NO LUCK JUST GET FIELD SHOWING #NUM!. nEVER HAD A PROBLEM IN 2003. THIS EXAMPLE WAS A BRAND NEW DATABASE AND LINK I SET UP. BUT HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM BEFORE...