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>>I post to you because you are out of the forward copy list
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>I intentintionally removed my name from CC list so people don't cc me needlessly. I read most messages in VFP and SQl forums anyway.

I known it.

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>>This is a optimization bug,
>>but to use EMPTY() with OUTER JOIN it is a risk:
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>I don't see why EMPTY() function should be a risk unless there's a bug in SQL Engine.
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To use a not intuitive thing it is a risk.
For me, this does not seem very intuitive:

EMPTY(CHR(9)) is T.
EMPTY(NULL) is F.

Infact, the VFPT is it in the trap has fallen also.