>>>>The only exception to this is when select doesn't return any rows. Then the array's original size and values are preserved.
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>>>Correct, that is my case.
>>>When one is working with the application for the first time, there are yet no records in the tables and this will result in 10 rows with .F. which I do not like.
>>>So I will now parse through the array and replace all the .f. values with '' easy enough
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>>Even easier
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>>laCheck=""
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>Dragan,
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>please elaborate. I am in for KIS stuff.

Can't find it in help, but this is at least 30 years old. When you assign a value to the whole array, ALL elements are assigned that value. Found an example in the help for DIMENSION Command:

The following example stores the string "initial" to all the elements in the array gaArray:

DIMENSION gaArray(10,3)

STORE 'initial' TO gaArray