>My typical code looks like: if seek(lcMyVar, "MyTable", "MyTableIndex"), or, if eof("MyTable"), or, REPLACE MyTable.MyVar WITH ..., that is to say ... fully qualified so I don't care if some other routine has changed the select area or the controlling index. If I am rigorous about fully qualifying what I do, am I safe, or is there some case where this approach is not enough.
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The main gotcha would be to do a
REPLACE MyTable.SomeField with somevalue which will not work if you are in a different workarea with the pointer at eof(). BOF() does not fail the replace. You also get no error message if at eof().
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA