I think you meant to say ALWAYS use SEEK() as a function as opposite to command.

>Try this:
>

>CREATE cursor TEMP (Fld1 I)
>
>INSERT INTO TEMP VALUES (100)      
>INSERT INTO TEMP VALUES (110)      
>INSERT INTO TEMP VALUES (113)      
>INSERT INTO TEMP VALUES (115)      
>INSERT INTO TEMP VALUES (119)      
>
>INDEX ON Fld1 TAG Temp
>
>SEEK [100 Test TestMe]
>? FOUND()              && .T. -> what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>INDEX ON STR(Fld1) TAG Temp
>SEEK 100             && booom!!!!!
>? FOUND() 
>

>
>Maybe this is disused somewhere but I have missed that discussion.
>
>I always use ORDER in seek, but in ONE place I didn't and viola!!!!! what I found.
>When the order is based on Numeric (some kind) field you could seek strings and VFP didn't complain and above that IT FOUND() the string :-)))) (if the string begins with numbers)
>
>But if the order is STRING based you can't search anything but strings in it.
>Grrr!
>
>SO: ALWAYS USE "ORDER" clause in SEEK :-)