Here is an interesting observation I have just recently encountered.

I have a routine that displays the current status of an operation. I use a COPY TO...WITH CDX to copy records needing processing to the user's local machine. I display the number of records copied using the following command:

? 'Copied '+ALLT(STR(_TALLY))+' record(s) to local'

_TALLY always returns zero (0) when the COPY TO...WITH CDX is issued, no matter how many records are copied. However, when a plain COPY TO (without CDX) is issued _TALLY returns the correct number of records!

Try this:

USE
COPY NEXT 5 TO
? _TALLY
LOCAL
COPY NEXT 5 TO WITH CDX
? _TALLY

Weird, huh?