That's true -- where the index is numeric you can get away with this *if* RECNO() matches your needs.

Steven's case was really limited (the updateable view has just the right records in just the right order) so it's not needed.

*But* this technique is more easily and flexibility applied when you do create an index.

   SELECT source
   INDEX ON RECNO() % 5 = 0
   SELECT dummy
   SET RELATION TO .T. INTO source
  
    * and here you are going to 
    * need those IIF(EOF("source")... 
    * expressions in the report
    * as well.

... etc. For the purposes of working out "what is going on here" I thought it was worthwhile making the index explicit <s>.

IOW, what I wanted Steven to see has nothing to do with "you can set a relation without an index, RECNO() is there" -- and everything to do with "what workarea is selected when you run the report?" and "what is the relationship between that workarea and your data?"

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