>FYI, this is what I have read in Foxpro Advisor Magazine
>
>CREATE TABLE test (f1 C(10))
>
>FOR i = 1 TO 12
> APPEND BLANK
>ENDFOR
>
>SET TALK OFF
>INDEX ON f1 TAG f1
>? _TALLY && in VFP result is 0, FP2.X result is 12
>
>SET TALK ON
>INDEX ON f1 TAG f1
>? _TALLY && result is 12 in all versions
>
>According to the documentation, you need to set talk on/off for the _TALLY function to work so maybe if you set talk on it will work.
>The _TALLY is supossibly allways filled when using SQL-SELECTS.

Jeroen,

Tried the example I gave to Cetin with SET TALK ON and SET TALK OFF and get 10 in all cases.

José