You're not the first person to make that mistake
>Apologies Tamar - slipped on my tongue.
>(tnx craig).
>
>k
>
>>Tamar is a her.
>>
>>>tnx Al
>>>I was trying to get this done in a one line command as tamar had done with his seek() ex..
>>>the locate does not work as shown in below ex. --- worth the try thanks for that.
>>>
>>>IF locate ("H", "allocate", "collterm")
>>> **** test for left letter h in field collterm in database allocate
>>>endif
>>>
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer