>>That said, SET EXACT is scoped to a datasession. So, if your form uses its own datasession, when you close it the SET EXACT no longer has any effect. If it's OK for SET EXACT to be ON for the duration of the form, it might be OK to leave it in the .Load.
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>Thank you. Everything you stated makes sense. The only place, I can think of, that I would need to SET EXACT ON is where I need to use SEEK() on exact value.

SEEK doesn't search for a partial match, you're getting confused. May be you're thinking about SET ANSI ON and SQL.

See also String comparison in VFP