>Yes, after a number of times re-reading, your original intent became crystal clear.

Maybe code make this clearer:

Close Databases all
Dimension la[1]
? AUsed(la)
Select id, AUsed(la) from Sys(2005)
? AUsed(la)

The first AUSED returns 0, the second 3 (result, foxuser and SQL source), the last returns 2 (result and foxuser)