Thanks Jim, I will give that a try.

And Merry Christmas.

Elgin


>Elgin,
>
>Here's one suggestion that could be used. Assuming the table with dups is named Master.
>
>

>USE Master ORDER PrimaryKeyIndex IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS Master
>
>SELECT * FROM Dups ;
> ORDER BY TheExpressionThatYouWantToFindDupsOf ;
>  INTO CURSOR Dups
>SELECT Dups
>SCAN
>
>  * Check this record against the last record
>
>   * If this is a dup
>         * SEEK the Dups.PK in Master
>         * Increment the Master table field
>ENDSCAN
>