>>BROWSE FOR ALLTRIM(UPPER(m.lo1)) $ UPPER(person.first) works
>>
>>BROWSE FOR UPPER(person.first) $ ALLTRIM(UPPER(m.lo1)) does NOT work

>Nothing to do with which side of the operator the expressions are on.
>The 2nd browse above would look for the whole field, including trailing spaces, inside the variable, like

"FIRST     " $ "FIRST"

, which is .F.
>
>Try BROWSE FOR ALLTRIM(UPPER(person.first) $ UPPER(m.lo1)

What about m.lo1 = "ma " and person.first should include "Mary", "Grandma", "Whatcamacallit", etc? What ALLTRIM the FIELD?

Chuck