George,

>It was introduced in FoxPro 2.0. As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, returning all upper case does make some tasks easier (like using ASORT() and ASCAN()).

I don't disagree with you about the usefullness of the upper case results. I have never had a circumstance where case mattered. I was just trying to rationalize why the results were returned in all caps (besides what you had mentioned, of course).

Bill