>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

Claude,
Might it be you're unintentionally changing tag in between or when you execute this there is a cursor\table in current workarea with a fieldname 'lcref'.

lcRef='0403'
? SEEK(lcref,'ii','tagnamesuggested'), SEEK('0403','ii','tagnamesuggested')
if SEEK(lcref,'ii','tagnamesuggested')
 select ii
 browse
endif

Cetin