Hi Mike, Jim
PMJI, but to be really defensive you need something like...

>lcStr = '"' + UPPER(m.lcVariable) + '"'
>SET FILTER TO UPPER(field) = &lcStr

because your filter will now still work even when the variable goes out of scope, which it would if you were doing this in the load event of a form for example

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>SNIP
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>In addition, it is often faster to
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lcVariable = UPPER(m.lcVariable)
>SET FILTER TO UPPER(field) = m.lcVariable

>than to

SET FILTER TO UPPER(field) = UPPER(variable)

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>It may be insurance, but it isn't *necessary*.
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>BTW. How come you're not requesting they document the case of the returned value?