>Hi. I want to be able to search my dbf (free) from a form with the "dashes, slashes and blanks" removed (for a more thourough Find).
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>I am using the following on both my search criteria and the index for my database
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CHRTRAN(itemno,'/- ','')

>with NO favorable results. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong (or an article/example)?? I am using a SEEK. Should I be using SQL?
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>Thanks, Randy
>ps: I am still in Fox 7.

Can you give a bit more detail of what the nature of the search? For example, is it along the lines of "search for items that start with (search-string)", or is it more like "search for items that contain (search-string)" ?