>>UPDATE. But it looks like it work correctly with SPARSE = .t. (default). Let me re-test.
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>Regarding sparse, I obviously had a bad moment. Sparse must be .t., which sounds reasonable. I don't use VFP8 anymore, but I have it installed, so I tested it and it also worked fine.
Yes, I'm not sure why did I try to set it to .F. to introduce the problem in the first place and when spend time solving it.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
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