>Did you try the LIKE clause instead of =? Unlike VFP, Oracle will not compare strings of differing lengths without the LIKE clause.

Sorry Larry, I copied the last "version" of the prg, but I tried both (one of them with a Trim() ):

 SQLexec (nJDEHandle, "select * from user_indexes where upper(table_name) = 'F4211'", "CurOracle")
 SQLexec (nJDEHandle, "select * from user_indexes where trim (upper(table_name)) = 'F4211'", "CurOracle")
 SQLexec (nJDEHandle, "select * from user_indexes where upper(table_name) like 'F4211%'", "CurOracle")

They all give the same empty cursor as result.

Fernando