>Thanks for the quick response.
>
>Simply searching and replace '=' with '==' everywhere is safe?
>
>I still don't understand what caused it to start doing what it's doing.
The explanation can be found in the help topic SET EXACT.
Basically, a comparison like:
? "abc" = "ab"
will, by default, only compare the first two characters, because that is the size of the second expression - so the result will be
true.
Sometimes this is useful, especially when there are spaces at the end:
seek "Bates"
which also requires a comparison, will work even if the field length happens to be more than 5 characters.
And sometimes, this feature can cause you trouble.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
