Hi Steve.

>> Between LOCATE and SQL and SCAN (none of which require a SET ORDER), why SEEK at all? <<

Oh, I almost forgot. SEEK does not require a SET ORDER to anything or even that you change work areas (which, BTW, you DO have to do if you are going to use LOCATE). Compare this:

IF SEEK( < MyValue >, '< MyAlias >', '< MyTag >' )
   *** Record is found. Do something
ENDIF

To what you need to do the same thing with LOCATE:

lnSelect = SELECT()
SELECT < MyAlias >
LOCATE FOR < SomeCondition >
IF FOUND()
   *** Record is found. Do something
ENDIF
SELECT ( lnSelect )

Less code means fewer bugs ;-)

Marcia