>We have an old app that is going bonkers. We have a lookup table that has an index using two fields. country+code
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>Every country is fine when doing a seek(m.country+m.code,"table","IDX")
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>One country, "115" fails the seek when the m.code = [3EZ] or [36Y] or [1EZ]
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>If the m.code is [LA1] it passes the seek().
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>The table has been reindexed several times. The values being passed to the seek() function are the right type and length. The records exist in the lookup table AND the seek() works every time when stepping through the debugger.
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>Can anyone think of a reason the seek would fail at run time but not at the command window or in the debugger?

Check the collate sequence for that tag. If it's not MACHINE, then you should distribute foxpro.int file with the executable (for all versions of Fox between 2.6 and 7 - not sure about 8, probably not, and definitely not needed for 9).