Thanks Borislav,
That is what I am doing now. I was hoping (since it is Friday afterall) that I was overlooking a better way...
Tracy
>>field de_sysnum n(8,0)
>>field de_histnum n(4,0)
>>
>>EXACT is on
>>NEAR is off
>>
>>Example records:
>>
>>de_sysnum de_histnum
>>13609 1
>>13609 2
>>13609 4
>>13609 3
>>14102 1
>>1360 1
>>1360 9
>>
>>active index is:
>>
>>transform(de_sysnum,'99999999')+transform(de_histnum,'9999')
>>
>>want to move to the first record with a de_sysnum of numeric 13609 and then want to scan while...endscan through only those records that have a de_sysnum of 13609 and ANY de_histnum.
>
>
>old_exact = SET("EXACT")
>SET EXACT OFF
>SEEK transform(13609,'99999999')
>SCAN WHILE de_sysnum == 13609
> **** Do something
>ENDSCAN
>SET EXACT &old_exact
>
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