ACE Report - remove embedded blanks between words in a string

Ladies and Gentlemen: First, I'm not sure if this is a Classics or IDS question... I think it's a Classics question. Second, I remembered to change to plain text and not send HTML! :) Third: Version info - INFORMIX-OnLine Version 7.23.UC11 (Please Don't Laugh) INFORMIX-SQL Version 7.20.UD1 Fourth: I need to remove blank spaces embedded in a field in an ace report. REPLACE doesn't work in my customers' version. I need something like this: REPLACE (<field_name>, " ", "") The end result is removing blanks between character strings. Rob