Sergey-

>Is there any reason you are using !EOF("Table_B") instead of FOUND("TABLE_B")?
>I think !EOF("Table_B") wouldn't work properly if SET NEAR ON.

No, I meant EOF(). I don't use NEAR ON, generally, and missed that that was a criteria of the original post. Was it? IAC, I don't see how it relates. Let's say I have:

"PETEBT "
"PETER  "
"PTB    "

And I SEEK("PETERA"). Both SEEK() and FOUND() return .F. All SET NEAR does is position the pointer on "PTB ".

Do you find FOUND() and SEEK() to return different values? Honestly, I've never noticed that.