>Jim,
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>I tried that as well. Got the same error. Then I tried this:
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>index on quote_no+str(density,10,4)+str(thickness,10,4) tag cost
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>my density and thickness fields are both numeric 10 4. This seemed to work perfectly, until I ran the build and created the .exe Now, once compiled, it doesn't find any records from the child table. What would change between running it in FoxPro and creating the .exe?
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>John

John,

The other expressions should not be causing an error. The only thing that could be causing what you are doing to act differently in the EXE is the setting of SET EXACT. For this to work SET EXACT must be OFF (which is the default).

What version of VFP are you using?