>>Do you not find this strange. I really would like someone to explain it to me.
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>I've been watching this issue progress and I find it strange.
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>My first thought is that the code isn't really executing in the VFP7 run.
>Have you done something to confirm that it is indeed the code with the bad SEt... in it that is running and that that line specifically is executed?
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>cheers

In my test, it absolutely was covering the line in question. I had a ? "before" and ? "after" the line and those both executed. It may very well be that some SET commands are ignored. SET ENGINEBEHAVIOR works exactly the same way.