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Possible bug with seek in SP in VFP6?
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From
14/12/2004 08:52:08
Dmitry Litvak
Massachusetts, United States
 
 
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13/12/2004 20:29:11
Elmer Adkins
Kentucky, United States
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Re: Possible bug with seek in SP in VFP6?
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00968846
Message ID:
00969060
Views:
8
Hi Elmer,

You are right. The problem was with my incorrect use of SET EXACT.

Thank you for your help.

>>Beth,
>>Seems like it always returns .T.
>
>PMFJI, But could it be related to SET EXACT = OFF and seeking an empty string or matching on an partial match?
>
>
>SET EXACT ON
>?SEEK("") && returns .f. unless there are blank values in the key field
>SET EXACT OFF
>?SEEK("") && returns .t. ALWAYS
>
>SET EXACT ON
>?SEEK("TE")  && returns .f. requires exact match
>SET EXACT OFF
>?SEEK("TE") && returns .t. and lands on first record with TE as first 2 characters
>
>
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