>Nothing is wrong with your RECCOUNT(). When the query is fully optimizable VFP could decide to just reopen the table and just add SET FILTER to it. Try with NOFILTER at the end
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>SELECT e_id, e_ssn, e_lname, e_fname, e_dob FROM employee WHERE e_lname = lastname INTO CURSOR crs_emp NOFILTER
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