>I don't follow your logic. The key field is padl(table.fieldname,6) so to do a seek on this I have to put the string I am seeking on in the same format, i.e. a string that is padded on the left with spaces to be 6 chars long. I may have missed something, if so, please let me know. Thanks.
lets say you have a 6 character key field. I'll use "b" for the bkanks.
if you set exact
on,
seek "XXX" wil
not find key "XXXbbb"
however, if you set exact
offseek "XXX" will find key "XXXbbb"
Does this help?
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