Wow

This old dog never knew that, John.
Thanks for that info. It makes sense, just never knew it.
I'll be thinking of those seconds being chewed by ln_counter, but the good news .. I won't do it again!



>>Bill, check out http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~EssentialMDot~VFP

If a table with lots of fields is currently selected, use of m. can be twice as quick. If you're referencing a few variables inside a tight loop, the difference can become visible.

If you use a variable for a constant you'll want the m. every time apart from the initial declaration.