SET RANT ON and SET RANT off means that whatever is between those two lines are ment not to be taken too seriously, but more like a friendly joke. They are not VFP commands.

>hi,
>thank you,it works,
>i try to see SET RANT ON/OFF VIA HELP, I get
> PROCEDURE Command,
>
>SET RANT ON/off ,WHEN I MUST USE IT .
>
>THANK YOU
>
>>SET RANT ON
>>Do you ever check with help?
>>SET RANT OFF
>>

>>SET EXCLUSIVE ON & Not OFF, OFF is if you must share, to pack it must be ON!!!!!!!!!
>>

>>By the way, SET EXCLUSIVE OFF is usually only set ONCE in your program, or in the config.fpw file. In stead you add the EXCLUSIVE keyboard whenever you need it
>>
>>

>>for x=1 to 1
>>  use ('month'+alltrim(str(x,2))+'2005') EXCLUSIVE
>>  delete for no=1151
>>  pack
>>endfor

>>And if you need to PACK regularly, you should reconsider your design. PACK should typically be used about once a year to clean up the tables, not daily or weekly!
>>
>>>hi,
>>>i try to make pack only at one pc, i get error message "File must be opened exclusively "
>>>

>>>SET EXCLUSIVE off
>>>for x=1 to 13
>>>  delete FROM ('month'+ltrim(str(x))+'2004') where no=1231
>>>  pack    &&File must be opened exclusively
>>>endfor
>>>

>>>
>>>thanks
>>>>>>

>>>>>>for x=1 to 1
>>>>>>  use (trim(str(x,2))+'2005')
>>>>>>  delete for no=1151
>>>>>>endfor

>>>>>
>>>>>trim() will only trim to the right, IIRC. Here you need ltrim() or alltrim(); or simply convert the number with trans(x).
>>>>
>>>>Yes, I ment to use alltrim, but I simply forgot. I also thought about the transform function, but on top of my head I was not sure if it defaulted to trim the result or not, but it sure does. So your solution is the simplest in this case.