You are correct. SET EXACT was OFF. I just set it back to ON. I was able to compensate by making lcOldCarr_Name = SPACE(1) instead of an empty blank.

When I initialized the lcOldCarr_Name to "", it would not work right with the comparison. So, I changed it to SPACE(1) and it now compares properly.

Thanks Gregory!
Cecil

>That is because your SET EXACT is OFF

>replace

IF ALLTRIM(lcCarr_Name) != lcOldCarr_Name

by

if( !(lcCarr_Name == lcOldCarr_Name) )