>>Just a sample hit me, somehow related, from another forum:
>>
>>select alltrim(firstName)+' '+alltrim(lastName) as fullName from ...
>>
>>vs
>>
>>select firstName-(' '+lastName) as fullName from ...
>>
>>The latter ensures you'd have a consistent result even if the base structures change.
>>Cetin
>
>I've tried it and got 51 for both cases:
>
>

>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:)
Cetin