That's easy. They will be no less than one character longer than whatever you choose to define in your database...... Peter > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:11:42 EDT > From: Linda Stathoplos <stath at ARGOS.NODC.NOAA.GOV> > > Taxacomers: > I've been charged with setting the field length for > each part of a taxonomic name for a relational database.