LPARAMETERS tcAlias, tuSearchVal, tlMatchWholeField LOCAL laFields[1], lnFieldCnt, lnField, llMatchFound, luCompVal *** Make sure passed alias is available IF ! USED( tcAlias ) USE ( tcAlias ) IN 0 ENDIF *** Get the field names lnFieldCnt = AFIELDS( laFields, tcAlias ) SELECT ( tcAlias ) *** Scan the table SCAN *** look for a match in each field FOR lnField = 1 TO lnFieldCnt luCompVal = IIF( INLIST( VARTYPE( EVAL( lafields[ lnField, 1 ] ) ), 'C', 'M' ), ALLTRIM( EVAL ( laFields[ lnField, 1 ] ) ), EVAL ( laFields[ lnField, 1 ] ) ) llMatchFound = .F. IF tlMatchWholeField IF tuSearchVal == luCompVal llMatchFound = .T. EXIT ENDIF ELSE IF INLIST( VARTYPE( EVAL( lafields[ lnField, 1 ] ) ), 'C', 'M' ) IF tuSearchVal $ luCompVal llMatchFound = .T. EXIT ENDIF ENDIF ENDIF ENDFOR IF llMatchFound EXIT ENDIF ENDSCAN IF llMatchFound MESSAGEBOX( 'Match found in field: '+laFields[ lnField, 1 ]+CHR(13)+ 'Record Number '+ALLTRIM( STR( RECNO( tcAlias) ) ) ) ENDIFMarcia