Hi Jim,

>7: SET EXACT is often used to cover for not understanding the way strings are compared in xBase. This causes the loss of a lot of functionality that is inherent in the product in order to adapt to a lack of knowledge.
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>8: == is often NOT used where it should be. See SET EXACT above.

too often people think that = with SET EXACT ON and == are almost the same. They are NOT, and are not interchangable! In fact they are completely different and only in specific circumstances behave similar.

Christof