>>>>>I left out the part between the Select and the 'Visible = 1' where I check reccount() on the cursor and I've walked the code many MANY times and yes, there are records in the cursor. For testing, I'm using a lname+fname combo that has 5 records. This label and combobox only show when there are multiple selections
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>And the ALLTRIM knocks out Rushmore even if it's part of an index?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What is actual index expression?
>>>
>>>ALLTRIM(UPPER(LASTNAME))+ALLTRIM(UPPER(FIRSTNAME))
>>
>>You do realize that you can get unexpected match if Lastname+Firstname matches some other Lastname?
>>
>>I don't think Index like that can be created in VFP 9 because of variable size of the index
>>It should be

>>UPPER(LASTNAME) + UPPER(FIRSTNAME)
>>* and WHERE clause
>>UPPER(LASTNAME) + UPPER(FIRSTNAME) = UPPER(PADR(m.LASTNAME, LEN(LASTNAME))) + UPPER(PADR(m.FIRSTNAME,LEN(FIRSTNAME)))
>>

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>Well, I changed the tag to PADR(UPPER(LASTNAME),25)+PADR(UPPER(FIRSTNAME),25), but it makes no change vis a vis the combobox not working, which is my original problem

Have you verified that cursor CountIt has any records? If not, a BROWSE after the SELECT in your code may help you.