>Hi everybody,
>
>I'm executing this command
>
>&lcReplCommand while not m.plStop
>
>I want to know the number of changed records. _Tally is not reliable. Moreover, this command doesn't change records in all file, sometimes it changes only few records...

Some alternative approaches:

Use update - sql. Not always as fast as going to a specified record and doing a REPLACE ... WHILE.

Use a SCAN loop, and increment your variables yourself. More work than a simple ... WHILE.

In what sense does _tally not work correctly?

Hilmar.

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