Thank you Sergey. That is why I was so surprised.

I SET ORDER TO nothing after creating indices for DTemporal and the problem was solved.

Alex

>SCAN w/o additional clauses always starts from the top based on the current index set.
>
>>Was just surprised when SCAN doesn't start with the first record but the current record. The intent was to examine all records.
>>
>>The code is:
>>
>>

>>* cursor DTemporal is created with SELECT .... INTO CURSOR DTemporal READWRITE
>>INDEX ON xxx TAG xxx
>>...
>>DELETE ALL FOR <condition> IN DTemporal
>>* Several records are added.  Current record is last one added.
>>* The index has no effect on the order, at least as shown by BROWSE
>>
>>...
>>
>>SELECT DTemporal
>>SET DELETED OFF && To see all records
>>* The intent is to examine all records
>>SCAN
>>      IF DELETED()
>>...
>>ENDSCAN
>>

>>
>>The solution in to add GO TOP, of course, but I sincerely expected the SCAN to start with the first record. Instead it started with the current record.