You were able to get the last name inserted into this field in your db so it seems that this should work. How is your last name value set, did you use the posted binding or a session variable? If you have your company value setup like the lastname is then it should get inserted into the db like the last name. Let us know about these details and if you can post back with a copy of the page you are inserting on minus any of the sensitive details like logins, passwords or signatures.