>>For each record, I need to retrieve the maximum of 3 columns.
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>>Example:
>>ID 1 has column C1= 2, C2=5, C3=1
>>ID 2 has column C1=6, C2=3, C3=8
>>
>>I need maximum of C1,C2,C3:
>>ID 1 gives 5
>>ID 2 gives 8
>>
>>Can we do this using SELECT statement?
>>Thank you all!
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>select field1, field2, max(c1, c2, c3) as mymax from table1
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>HTH,

It wouldn't work because in this case Max is SQL Select not Foxpro function.
The following shoud work (not tested)

SELECT Id, ;
    IIF( (c1 > c2) and (c1 > c3), c1,  
      IIF( (c2 > c1) and (c2 > c3), c2, c3)) as MaxVal ;
  FROM mytable ;
  INTO CURSOR mycursor