>Does SCAN/ENDSCAN really do that?!?! I've used dBase for years, and have always had that as a problem. I've gotten to the point of always including an explicit SELECT right before the ENDSCAN in case the scan workarea had been changed and not put back. Never looked at the Foxpro help on this command since I've used it extensively in the dBase world.

>Yes it does. It is especially mentioned as a cool feature in Hacker's Guide. It also says that many people still SELECT the right area just in case, and it practically has no impact on the SCAN performance.

Cool! Just read that in my copy of Hacker's Guide. Guess I'll have to stop taking for granted what a particular command does from my dBase days and start rereading all the common commands under VFP.