I have a field TxComments which is set as a long text and the field size is long integer. This field contains various text. I have been able to filter in the past, but all of a sudden I receive the error "enter a valid value". My search filter is- contains: *rza*. Is there a limit on records that an Access Database can have; is this maybe limiting me to filter? My current database has approx. 15,756 records. I have filtered this down to 24 records and still the TxComments field will not filter and gives me the above error. Any suggestions/thoughts.