hi,
thank you very much ,
for reply help,ideas and code.

>>thank you ,i found it...
>>set filter to atc(trim("?"),myfiled ) > 0
>>
>>>hi all,
>>>
>>>i need help to delete or filter myfield (names), many of names have ? inside the name,
>>>as mohammed ? qasem, edwa?rd ,ali al?era....etc,
>>>if any record (field names) have just ? delete it,
>>>
>>>thanks
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>There are several alternatives, but in all cases, the basic condition is:
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>

>... "?" $ MyField
>

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>The at() function should also work, but the $ operator is simpler in this case. "string" $ "some longer string" means: the first string is contained within the longer string.
>
>Alternatives for the other commands, assuming you want to delete the RECORDS:
>

For viewing (and deleting), you can use a filter. BROWSE to view, DELETE ALL or DELETE REST to delete.
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You can use SELECT - SQL to view.
>

You can use DELETE FROM (the SQL command) to delete.
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>If you want to delete the INVALID CHARACTERS but keep the remaining data, the closest to a "search and replace" is the strtran() function (but see also chrtran()):
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>use MyTable
>replace all MyField with StrTran(MyField, "?", "")
>* or
>update MyTable set MyField = StrTran(MyField, "?", "")
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