>>IIRC, There was a bug in VFP8 Intelliseense that would reset _TALLY. Try to type it w/o space so Intellisence wouldn't kick in.
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>>INSERT INTO test VALUES ("test")
>>?_tally
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There was also another bag with SET NOTIFY CURSOR OFF that affected _TALLY as well but it was increasing it.
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>Hmm, Re: _Tally returns wrong value Thread #750554 Message #751026 ?
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>Looks like you either contradict yourself or don't remember correctly.

IRI