>SQL Server is not VFP so you cannot expect it to work the same way. The sooner you realase that the less time you will waste. In SQL Serve you have to think in terms of set oriented operations which SQL Server is optimized to do.
>SELECT TOP 1 fldvalue FROM mytable ORDER BY 1 DESC
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>SELECT MAX(fldvalue) FROM mytable
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Thank you for your suggestion and for your help.
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