Are you saying that you get phantom record even with correct time part of the index?
>I did get rid of the problem by eliminating the time string from the index (I mentioned this at the start)
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>And yes, Sergey, I do realize that your suggestion is settings independent and therefore preferable.
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>My point was (and is) that, irrespective of correct or incorrect results of the time string component, why was I getting the phantom record?
>The 1st 3 parts of the index expression created a unique index, the time component only added a more chronological view to the records. Even if it returned something other than intended, it would, at the most, display the records in a slightly incorrect order.
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>I am still trying to figure out what causes the phantom record condition...
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--sb--