Hi Fred,
>
>Not entirely true. As long as the filter matches an index tag, you'd be hard pressed to notice a slow down. If it doesn't match an existing tag, then your statement is VERY true.

If we talk about good practice.. There is nothing to compare:

set near on
seek mykey
scan rest while mykey = myfieldcode
endscan

SET FILTER will be good enough just: As long as the filter matches an index tag.. To find the EOF() state... huff.. :)

Claudio