>>I have a table that has a filter. If no records satisfy the filter, how can I tell? The RecCount() shows the number in the table, not just those in the filtered result. I need to know if the filtered result is empty.
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>set filter to ...
>go top
>if eof()
>  * Empty
>endif
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>To find the actual number of records, you can use the COUNT command.

GO TOP is not optimizable. The LOCATE is.