Sam ----

As far as system globals are concerned, consider them constants as opposed to variables and use away :)


>What is the general concensus about using the global variables such as _tally.
>
>select * from sometable into cursor somecursor
>...
>if _tally>0
>
>verses
>
>select * from sometable into cursor somecursor
>...
>if reccount("somecursor")>0
>
>
>and other constructions. I can see using _screen as it is the only way to manipulate the fox window, but what of the others? Seems to me that if there is an 'encapsulated' way of doing things, than it should be done that way.
>
>Just curious about other opinions.
>Thanks