Ken: Thanks for your input. I think I'm regaining my sanity now. Thanks for your help. CWH.

>mProduct = "" is Always True when SET EXACT is OFF. Not so when EXACT is ON. Of course empty() is the best solution here.
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>>Chcuk,
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>>Forget my lastr eply. The problem is as Keith pointed out.
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>>mProduct = "" is Always True
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>>That is how strings are compared in xBase. The strings are comapred one character at a time until the striong on the right is exhausted. Your string on the right has a length of 0 so it is equal to anything on the left.
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>>Fix this by using the EMPTY() function instead.
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>>IF EMPTY(mProduct)
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