>Hi,
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>I looked at the VFP 9 help but the explanation of Access method is not easily understood. Could someone explain the purpose, the use, and advantages of using the Access Method (e.g. something_Access).
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>TIA

Tamar explains it well in this article: http://www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com/Articles/Put%20Access%20methods%20to%20work.pdf
And this is one of Doug's articles: http://doughennig.com/Papers/Pub/AccessAssign.pdf