[AccessD] AS400 data upload (Lost in Translation)

I imported tables into Access from the AS400 using IBM's client Access ODBC
driver. I updated the tables in Access, emptied the tables on the AS400 and
uploaded the Updated Access data to the AS400 via an append query (the AS400
tables were linked via the ODBC driver). This worked fine except for one
table. The table came from the AS400 with blank fields. When I tried to
upload it back the AS400 puked saying I was trying to place nulls in the
field. The AS400 guys tell me the AS400 does not have nulls, that the field
is really  a blank (hex 40?). How can I change my query so that the AS400
will accept it? Use an empty string? Use the ASC equivalent of hex 40? TIA

Jim Hale

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