>This seems line an elementary question, but it's got me a bit puzzled. When the user is entering a new record, how do you check to be sure a field doesn't have a duplicate value without moving the record pointer? This also would have to take into account buffering. It seems as though I've done this before, but my head is in a bit of a muddle today and it's not coming to me.
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>Thanks,
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>Michelle

Hi Michelle.

The other's suggestions will certainly work, but you might also want to consider VFP 6's INDEXSEEK function. This will let you seek a value in the same work area without moving the record pointer.