Oh, Crap, I did not notice the version of VFP you were using. Sorry about that. Now that I am embarrassed I can not think of any other approach other than using an array, or creating your own Collection class based on Array (or Cursor?), or "upgrade" to VFP 8 <g>
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges