>Don't worry, the percentage is small. Using your SCAN suggetstion we would go to the beginning of this thread, check it, please!

No, Edward. I suggested a SCAN ... ENDSCAN instead of DO WHILE ... SKIP ENDDO. Obviously, the SCAN with a WHILE clause (The SCAN command accepts a WHILE clause, not only a FOR. BTW, you can combine them and do some really cute things... :))

Am I right or am I still missing something?

BTW, in your DO WHILE... delete the IF...ENDIF used to exit the loop. At the eof, the WHILE condition will be false anyway and the DO WHILE will end.

Vlad