>>seek(TRANSFORM(m.country) + TRANSFORM(m.code),"table","IDX")
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>Wouldn't seek()ing on a number in a character tag raise a "datatype mismatch" error?

I would think so but I've been around VFP long enough to remember that it doesn;t always work the way I think it should. The transforms only make sure the thing is a string.

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>BTW, a colleague of mine always read that as "datatype mishmash" :).