>>>>I would use like '%' + lNomb + '%'
>>>
>>>Is it a convention to use single-quotes for single characters?
>>>
>>>>Although I would most likely have lc as first two letters for this variable.
>>>
>>>Me too. :-)
>>
>>Not in VFP, but in SQL Server yes. In VFP you can use single, double quotes or even [] for character strings.
>
>But allways remember, they are not the same.

What do you mean here?