Michel,

It will work in SQL Server (it strips spaces before determining lenght)but not in VFP.

lcString = SPACE(1)
? LEN(lcString)  && Returns 1 but string is empty

>What my understanding, ISBLANK() is usually use against a field from a table. If you wish to detect if a string is empty, you may check LEN() function such as:
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>IF LEN(lcString)=0
>   * Blank
>ENDIF
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