In VFP 6, you can use the VARTYPE() function. It will return "O" for an object, and "X" for a .NULL. value.

>Walter,
>
>I'm not sure you see the point:
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>create cursor temp ( iID i, cFirstName c(40))
>insert into temp values ( 0, "Walter" )
>scatter name oRow
>
>? type( "oRow.Name" ) && U
>? type( "oRow.cFirstName" ) && C
>? type( "oRow" ) && O
>
>oRwo is indeed an object, it has no .Name property to test
>
>FWIW my IsObject() udf is:
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>lparameter roObject
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>return( ( type( "m.roObject" ) == 'O' ) and ( ! isnull( m.roObject ) ) )
>
>
>>Sure, but then you would use something like TYPE("Table.fields")=cType
>>I was only purposing anotherway for
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>>lExist=TYPE("oObject") AND !ISNULL(oObject)
>>
>>to determine if a object exists.