OK, using subqueries is something I'm little new at, and I cant figure out the following:

SELECT handles.account,handles.handle,handles.progtype, ;
handles.stype,styperef.ptype, HANDLES.REF_NUM ;
from handles,styperef ;
WHERE STYPEREF.STYPE==HANDLES.STYPE AND ;
styperef.ref_num=handles.ref_num AND ;
STYPEREF.PTYPE="A" AND PROGTYPE<>"A" ;
AND NOT INLIST(SUBSTR(handle,1,2),"SP","DD","PN","P4") ;
AND NOT INLIST(SUBSTR(handle,1,3),"TRD") ;
AND NOT INLIST(handles.stype,"LR") ;
INTO CURSOR alpha_x &&Returns 7809 records and is correct

SELECT * FROM ALPHA_X WHERE NOT EXISTS( ;
SELECT * FROM ALPHA_X WHERE stype="WL " AND progtype="NP") ;
INTO CURSOR ALPHATMP &&Returns Empty Result

If I run the subquery alone I get 5155 records with stype="WL " AND progtype="NP" Therefore my ALPHATMP cursor should have 2654 records, not zero. What did I do wrong this time? Note - this code currently running in FPW 2.6, couldnt test under 5.0a until next week because Monthend processing is running.