>CREATE CURSOR Table1 (FirstName C(20), LastName C(30)) >INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES ('Mike', 'Cole') >INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES ('Cetin', 'Basoz') >INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES ('Tracy', 'Holzer') >INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES ('Borislav', 'Borissov') > >select alltrim(firstName)+' '+alltrim(lastName) as fullName ; >from table1 INTO CURSOR curTest >=MESSAGEBOX(FSIZE('fullName')) > >select firstName-(' '+lastName) as fullName ; >from table1 INTO CURSOR curTest >=MESSAGEBOX(FSIZE('fullName'))Might be but that's version dependant. Now try with joins involved:) I didn't want to wait for VFP to get smarter:)