Hi!

I do not know what cause that strange crahs. But I list below a few suggestions and points of view which you should use to check and try:

1. Try sys(1104) function calling before CHRTRAN()
2. Move out "&" from the string, for example:
CHRTRAN(lcNameKey, " ',./;#[]{}=-_+()*^%$£!z"+'&', "")
or even use chr() for it. Though I very doubt about this could help.
3. If lcNameKey is double-byte string, you have to use the CHRTRANC() function.
4. Use m.lcNameKey (lcNameKey could be a field like "lCNameKey")
5. Use following:

STRTRAN(CHRTRAN(lcNameKey, " ',./;#[]{}=-_+()*^%£!z"+'&', "$$$$$$$$$$$$$...$$$$$$$$"), "$", "")

In other words, replace all offending characters by "$" character (not removing them). Then use STRTRAN() to remove all "$" characters. IMO this way more reliable and quick. From simple tests I did figured out that CHRTRAN() is much slower when removing character from string compare to STRTRAN(). Maybe the difference in removing character from string can help in your situation.



>Hello,
>
>As part of a simple data cleaning routine I am using the following code:
>
>lcNameKey = CHRTRAN(lcNameKey, " ',./;#[]{}=-_+()*&^%$£!z", "")
>
>99.9% of the time this code does exactly what you would expect...
>
>However, every once in a while the code instantiates a Fatal Exception C000000005 error (I may have incorrect number of 0's but you know the one I mean)
>
>I cannot see any pattern in the value coming in as lcNameKey, usually a surname or forename and surname.
>
>I am running VFP6 SP5.
>
>The code is called from within a SCAN loop, the error occurs less on low data quantities (< 1000) and more on quantities into the tens of thousands.
>
>Has anybody come across anything similar? Can anyone provide any advice?
>
>TIA
>
>Ben