>>I have a table called ii, with an index call cref (where cref is a 4 character field). It I issue the command
>>
>>llFound = SEEK(lcref,'ii')
>>
>>I get the following results
>>

>>lcref  llFound   Comment
>>0303    .T.      as expect field cref has these values
>>0403    .T.      expected .F. since there is no data for cref = 0403
>>                 confirmed this by using Select * from ii when ii.cref = lcref
>>                 and get no records
>>0503    .F.      as expected since there is no data
>>

>>What am I missing, why is llFound true for lcref = 0403
>
>Have you tested with SET EXACT ON?
>
>"OFF" can get you the .T. result...

I tied it with both settings and get .T. in both cases.