>Cetin,
>The key is already trimmed with Alltrim() in the index. Are you suggesing that is I make sure the fields are the same length, I will get an exact effect.
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>Thanks
>Miles

Miles,
I think alltrim() is useless for a key. Since key length is stored in 'header' section of an index though you say alltrim() key length is set to field size. Padding a search string to field size is identical to making an exact search.
Cetin