Hi Douglas,

In the second SQL you don't use ==, which gives you partial string compare, if SET EXACT OFF & SET ANSI OFF.

Another observation:
you're using STR() without second parameter, which is possibly dangerous also. Use str(yourfield, fsize(yourfield)) instead, e.g. if your field is Numeric 4, use str(yourfield,4). Also, if it's an Integer field, you can use BINTOC() function instead for saving index file size.

>All,
>
>To me these two statements appear the same:
>
>SELECT authorization_tracking.PATID, ;
>authorization_tracking.units_remaining, ;
>authorization_tracking.authorization_effective_date, ;
>authorization_tracking.authorization_expiration_date, ;
>authorization_tracking.payer_code, authorization_tracking.facility, ;
>services_for_authorization.service_code ;
>FROM authorization_tracking ;
>JOIN services_for_authorization ON ;
>STR (authorization_tracking.facility) + ;
>authorization_tracking.patid + authorization_tracking.aut_link== ;
>STR(services_for_authorization.facility) + ;
>services_for_authorization.patid + ;
>services_for_authorization.aut_link ;
>where authorization_expiration_date >={^1999-09-01} AND ;
>authorization_status_value <> PADR('Denied',30) AND ;
>authorization_tracking.facility=GCOUNTY AND ISNULL(void_code) ;
>ORDER BY authorization_tracking.PATID ;
>INTO CURSOR authtemp
>
>-- Lists 5525 records
>
>SELECT authorization_tracking.PATID, ;
>authorization_tracking.units_remaining, ;
>authorization_tracking.authorization_effective_date, ;
>authorization_tracking.authorization_expiration_date, ;
>authorization_tracking.payer_code, authorization_tracking.facility, ;
>services_for_authorization.service_code ;
>FROM authorization_tracking ;
>JOIN services_for_authorization ON ;
>authorization_tracking.facility=services_for_authorization.facility ;
>and authorization_tracking.patid=services_for_authorization.patid ;
>and ;
>authorization_tracking.aut_link=services_for_authorization.aut_link ;
>WHERE authorization_expiration_date >={^1999-09-01} AND ;
>authorization_status_value <> PADR('Denied',30) AND ;
>authorization_tracking.facility=GCOUNTY AND ISNULL(void_code) ;
>ORDER BY authorization_tracking.PATID ;
>INTO CURSOR authtemp
>
>-- List 28333 Records
>
>What am I missing.
>
>TIA,
>Doug