>What is the best way to create a compound index with integer fields?
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>field1 is integer.
>field2 is integer.
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>When I create an index like INDEX ON field1 + field2 TAG tagname1, foxpro seems to get "confused".
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>Must I use the STR() function around field1 and field2?

Let me clarify my previous post. In this case you would use:

INDEX ON BINTOC(field1) + BINTOC(field2) TAG tagname