>Mark,
>Similar code is what we're adding. But it OUGHT to work!!!

HA HA! Truth be told, you should NOT have this problem. Is the seek directly before the line that checks for lRet ? Is it possible you are calling a function that is using lRet at certain times?

>>lRet = seek(cSeek, 'MyTable', 'MyTag')
>>
>>If !IsNull(IRet) and type('lRet') = 'L' and lRet

The above is why I prefer to do...

If seek( .... blah

BOb