>>How do I know how many records are in a Select cursor?
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>>If I do "Select * from Cities where city='HOUSTON" I get just a few records, but if I print Reccount() I get several hundred thousand (the entire database rcooord count).
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>VFP cheats sometimes and just sets a filter on the table when you run a query. See the NOFILTER keyword in the SQL help.

Yes, and any program that does something 'sometimes' - on its own whim - ought to have that "feature" removed!