>Jim B, for instance, argued with my statement that, for all intents and purposes (in this discussion) a table and a cursor are the same thing. He flatly states they are not! This is an argument I cannot win.

Take it from one who knows, Jim - you can't win an argument with JimB no matter how right you are! *gd&rfJB*

Still, while the thread was an interesting discussion, the issue was the effect of INDEX on _TALLY. Had Francois checked the value of _TALLY *before* the INDEX, he would have gotten an accurate value. With TALK set OFF, the INDEX reset the value of _TALLY.

TC