>Documentation says the VFP Integer Range is from -2147483647 to 2147483647, but I'd say it's simply a documentation bug.

No, this is correct.
try this

CREATE CURSOR bb (aa i)
INSERT INTO bb values(0x80000000)
? aa
LOCATE FOR aa=0x80000000
? FOUND()

> So if -2147483648 would also be a VFP integer, not only a C++ integer, the rest of the bug is, that SEEKing values out of the field type range doesn't work.

But id should work!

>
>It's not very satisfactory, but I'd say it would make a seek slower if there is a type conversion needed to compare to larger numbers. So I'd bet it's by design.

The conversion is needed for every number.

>
>Have you tried other seeks, eg seeking a C(11) expression in a c(10) field or seeking numbers out of range of a fixed point Number field?

It work.

CREATE CURSOR bb (aa N(5,2))
INSERT INTO bb values(1)
INDEX on aa TAG ttt
SET NEAR ON
SEEK -1000000000
? aa,FOUND()

>
>Bye, Olaf.