I hope this one isn't too obtuse ...

Everyone knows how to test BOF() or EOF() in a naturally-ordered table, or an unordered table, what ever you wish to call it. It's usually the second thing one learns, after WAIT WINDOW "Hello World."

Is there a simple way to traverse the index directly to determine if I am either at the beginning or end of an ORDERED recordset, WITHOUT using a derivative of either of the following?

set order to 1
go top 
store recno() to nTopRec
go bottom
store recno() to nBotRec

or

local cTopRecVal, cBotRecVal
set order to tagname
go top 
cTopRecVal = table.keyField 
go bottom
cBotRecVal = table.keyField