>It was poor wording on my part. I think VFP uses the current record not the first one
to determine the lenght of the index key before it starts actual indexing. The code I provide shows that.
And what would happen if there are no records?
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)
