>I do use ALLTRIM(name) and it really does help me. I don't do that for every indexes. If I need to use SEEK, than I wouldn't use ALLTRIM(name), but for other reason(s),
It is not advisable to ALLTRIM(name) index expression. It slows down performance especially when using it on FOR, WHERE conditions. Try it on one million records and you will see the reason why?
JESS S. BANAGA
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