Hi Walter,

yes, but it your case, why? INDEX ON FirstName-LastName gives EXACTLY the same result! One of the little used features of xBase.

OK, I admit I should have use the word "as", and not "in". 'Never use alltrim as an index expression. Thank you for the correction.

>Hi Tore,
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>>Remove the ALLTRIM function!!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use ALLTRIM in an index expression! And this rule has NO exceptions!
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>NEVER SAY NEVER :) . The rule is that each index expression should has the same fixed length. ALLTRIM() certainly is a threat but an index expression of:
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INDEX ON PADR(ALLTRIM(FirstName)+ALLTRIM(LastName),40)

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>is perfectly valid.
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>Walter,