Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Coding, syntax & commands
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Windows 2008 Server
>first time I see you giving out dangerous advice!
>
>lcTab = CHR(9)
>lcSpc = CHR(32)
>? lcTab=lcSpc
>? EMPTY(lcTab)=EMPTY(lcSpc)
>
>and yes, if I KNOW the data, I use your approach as well, but have set up a mental checkpoint for myself ;-)
I don't see how that applies. I advised him not to use empty at all. If there is a tab character in a field, I would not consider it empty.
>
>regards
>
>thomas
>
>>EMPTY() is not Rushmore optimizable unless you add an INDEX ON EMPTY(myfield). That is a non-discriminating index. If you already have another index on myfield like this... INDEX ON UPPER(myfield) TAG xmyfield
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>>then the following will work.
>>
>>lcSpaces=space(len(myfield))
>>SET FILTER TO UPPER(myfield) # m.lcSpaces
>>
>>You won't need a new index and it will optimize.
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