>select a_alias
>set order to tagname
>DO while not EOF()
>locate for field1 = variable and field2 = variable2
>nrecno = recno()
>If found()
>do some stuff
>Endif
>nrecno = nrecno + 1
>go nrecno in a_alias
>loop

James, Skip Moves the record pointer but you can use a scan and get a better result

SELECT a_alias
locate
scan for field1 = variable and field2 = variable2
  ***do some stuff
endscan

The scan increments the counter without the skip.
HTH