>good one, _tally is good, then you can select into an array instead of the cursor. it is friday, afterall, so we deserve a little slack, yes?

David,

Yes, and a holiday weekend to boot.:-)

Actually, _TALLY is the way it should be done. Using RECCOUNT() on a cursor may not be accurate. Sometimes VFP simply filters a re-used copy of the table. _TALLY is reliable in all cases.