The following is a response I received from Steve Bass,
(posted at his request).
My email message to him follows Steve's response.
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> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 08:43:39 -0800
> To: thayward@gilson.com
> From: Steve Bass
> Subject: Foxpro issue

>
> Tom,
>
> Thanks for your note (and for reading my column), and for opening up my
> eyes. I never thought of the ramifications of my foxpro comments. (And with
> only 750 words, I have to pack lots of stuff into the column, so at most I
> might've stuck in one sentence about the issue.)
>
> The funny thing is I was told by at least a hundred readers that Set
> Century On (for me, though, Set IQ higher might be appropriate...) takes
> care of the problem. I tried it and yep, it works (although indexing on
> that field brings the 2000 dates to the middle of the list rather than
> after 1999 dates at the bottom...)
>
> What's the newsgroup you're referring to? Or are you talking about a CIS
> forum? And if you don't mind, can you post my response there? Thanks.
>
> Steve
> PC World, Home Office
>


Steve,
Thanks for accepting my message in the spirit it was sent.

The note about the indexing being in the middle of the list is interesting. I wonder what
others might say about it.

The newsgroup I'm referring to is called "The Universal Thread", and it is one of
the leading ones for Visual FoxPro. The address is:
http://www.levelextreme.com

and I'll be glad to post this response there. I'm going to do it right now.
Tom

Tom Hayward, Visual FoxPro Programmer and Tutor