>Didn't understand the 1=2, unless that was just a bogus clause to get a 0 record result (I assumed that a 0 result would not create anything).
Exactly. Since 1=2 is false,
where 1=2 is the same as
where .F. - that is, no records will match the criterion.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)