>The one exception that comes to mind is a Last name, first name lookup where I have used TRIM(LNAME)+", "+FNAME as the key. I guess, in this case, it doesn't matter that there are trailing spaces added by VFP in the index.

Hi Larry,

Wouldn't this return a variable length string? What happens if your first key is
"Moore, Demi " and your second key is
"Schwartzenegger, Arnold "

My guess that in order to pull this off you'd have to use something like:

padr( trim(lname) + ", " + fname, 50)

assuring constant key length through the table.

Did I miss anything?

Alex