I assume 'mytable' is the name of the table and not a variable holding the name of the table. Try putting quotes around 'MyTable'. The syntax says cTableName not TableName

SEEK lcKey ORDER TAG lcKeyTag OF MyTable IN "MyTable"

Alan



>In my grand scheme to NOT have to "SELECT cMyTableName", I applied VFP seek structures. Its been a while since I reviewed the SEEK syntax, and was pleasantly surprised to see some new features. But I am hving problems making them work.
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>help shows the new (to me) features this way:
>seek ckey ORDER TAG tagname of CDXFileName in cTableName)
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>So I applied this syntax:
>SEEK lcKey ORDER TAG lcKeyTag OF MyTable IN MyTable
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>I get an error saying variable lcKeyTag not found. I put quotes and colons around it to no avail:-) Any help appreciated!