>>Barbara,
>>
>>The scenario I described was using the SEEK command, not the SEEK() command. The latter uses three parameters, right? The former uses the syntax as I am using such as: SEEK myvalue ORDER TAG mytag OF mytable IN mytable.
>>
>>What, if any, are your thoughts on THIS command not working?
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Mark
>
>Being a big proponent of the KISS principle, have you tried
>
>sele mytable
>set order to tag mytag
>seek myvariable
>
>Does this work?


Dorris,

I did the following out of desperation:

prec = recno('childtable')
select parenttable
locate for...
select childtable
go prec

It seems like this worked once, but not consistently; something's not right.

Mark