Hi Tamar,

That was a mistype on my part -- I meant to say *without* any type of join condition.

My bad -- appreciate you correcting my goof (g)

>>> Additionally, you can quickly cause a Cartesian product if you use SELECT * with any kind of join condition. <<
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>SELECT * really has no to do with a Cartesian join. A Cartesian join occurs when you join two tables and don't provide a join condition. In that case, every record from the first table is matched with every record from the second table.
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>However, in general, it is better to select only the fields you need, particularly if VFP has to create a disk presence for the result.
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>Tamar