What is wrong? (the dumb question of the day)I have tried this query as it is and placing a not( just after the Where and a ) at the endin both instances there are 0 rows affected no errorsUPDATE tblEEfromTXTSET tblEEfromTXT.errDesc = 'Passed format validation'FROM tblEEfromTXT INNER JOIN dbo.tblGroupContract GRP ON tblEEfromTXT.groupNum = GRP.groupNum AND tblEEfromTXT.location = '0' + GRP.locationWHERE (RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.lastname1) <> '') AND (RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.firstname) <> '') AND (isnumeric(tblEEfromTXT.subscss) = 1) AND (LEN(RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.subscss)) = 9) AND (ISDATE(tblEEfromTXT.birthdate) = 1) AND (tblEEfromTXT.birthdate > '1/1/1880') AND (tblEEfromTXT.sex IN ('F', 'M')) AND (CAST(tblEEfromTXT.relation1 AS TINYINT) BETWEEN 1 AND 4) AND (tblEEfromTXT.relation2 IN ('E', 'S', 'D')) AND (ISNUMERIC(tblEEfromTXT.relExt) = 1) AND (tblEEfromTXT.coverage IN ('I', 'P', 'T', 'D', 'F')) AND (RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.address1) <> '') AND (RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.city) <> '') AND (RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.state) <> '') AND (ISNUMERIC (LEFT(tblEEfromTXT.zipCode, 5)) = 1) AND (RIGHT(tblEEfromTXT.zipCode, 4) = ' ') OR (ISNUMERIC(RIGHT(tblEEfromTXT.zipCode, 4)) = 1)) AND ((ISDATE(tblEEfromTXT.dateHired)=1 AND CAST(tblEEfromTXT.dateHired AS DATETIME) > '1/1/1880') OR RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.dateHired)='') AND (tblEEfromTXT.status IN ('S', 'D', 'M', 'L')) AND (tblEEfromTXT.otherDental IN ('Y', 'N')) AND ((ISDATE(tblEEfromTXT.certExpirationCurrent) = 1 AND tblEEfromTXT.certExpirationCurrent > '1/1/1880') OR RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.certExpirationCurrent)='') AND (tblEEfromTXT.handicap IN ('Y', 'N')) AND (ISNUMERIC(tblEEfromTXT.cobraMths) = 1) AND (CAST(tblEEfromTXT.cobraMths AS TINYINT) < 36) AND ((ISDATE(tblEEfromTXT.cobraExp) = 1 AND tblEEfromTXT.cobraExp > '1/1/1880') OR RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.cobraExp)='') AND ((ISDATE(tblEEfromTXT.cobraTermDate) = 1 AND tblEEfromTXT.cobraTermDate > '1/1/1880') OR RTRIM(tblEEfromTXT.cobraTermDate)='') AND (tblEEfromTXT.actionCode IN ('A', 'C', 'T')) AND (ABS(DATEDIFF(day, CAST(tblEEfromTXT.actEffecDate AS DATETIME), GETDATE())) < 93) AND (GRP.contractTo > GETDATE())*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle