>>>>Would it not be feasible to simply rename your stored procedure, or your other procedure?
>>>Yes, I plan to remove this function from the procedure file and leave in SP.
>>>
>>>However, my question still remains - how can I bypass the extra search? I know that my function is in SP and I want to be able to explicitly tell VFP to look there and in no other places.
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>>You cannot. This is a VFP bad design.
>>The syntax dbcAliasName!SPName() is the natural syntax, but ....
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>Thanks. Also the Help is not clear enough... What would be the best way to name my procedure PROCEDURE or FUNCTION

Name is a it is a subjective choice.
After about ten different ways,
I have understood that a best name doesn't exist,
but many worse names certainly exist.

> and the best way to call
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>=MyFunction(par,par) or DO myFunction with ... to make internal search quicker?
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>Thanks.

The first is better.