>CLEAR >Create Cursor test(F1 C(2)) > >Index On F1 tag Num COLLATE "general" > >Insert into test(F1) values ('A ') >Insert into test(F1) values ('A'+CHR(0)) >Insert into test(F1) values ('A'+CHR(1)) >Insert into test(F1) values ('A'+CHR(2)) >Insert into test(F1) values ('A'+CHR(3)) > >COUNT FOR F1=='A'+CHR(0) >? _TALLY && this return 4 and is correct >Now I'm not sure of your point. The result is correct, so using 'Collate General' seems to be the best way to index when you are using binary data. Are you still saying that "Collate General" is not sensible?