>Try any sql query such as this:
>sele dist alltrim(accountno) as x,count(*)as counts from customer group by x order by counts desc
>?_vfp.statusbar
>
>Selected 24265 records in 0.78 seconds
>
>However, if I try to set this to a variable I get this number every time.
>
>sele dist alltrim(accountno) as x,count(*)as counts from customer group by x order by counts desc
>x = _vfp.statusbar
>?x
>2252385

If you want to check number of selected records, then use _TALLY or RECCOUNT(). Also, it seems to me redundant to have DISTINCT and GROUP together.