Hi,
I have recently done some performance testing on large datasets in VFP9, as result we are now using SET EXACT ON & SET ANSI ON and not using "==" as it does have a perceivable impact on performance when processing large amounts of data.

>Good Friday Morning to All,
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>I ran into a problem using <> operator where the following happens:
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>cTest1 = "This is a sample string"
>cTest2 = "This is a sample string test"
>? cTest2 <> cTest1  && returns .F.
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>Now I am thinking if I should do away with using <> operator because it always relies on SET EXACT ON and just use "==" in ALL my comparisons. What do you think?
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>Thank you.