1- Only fails on a machine (you can copy to another one and everything works fine, access from another pc and everything is ok.

That's a wierd one! If VFP exes are on each machine - I would make sure they are all the same "version". It would be easy to suspect that one machine is using a different code page.

Maybe:
If you can see the record in browse - delete it, pack the file. Then [re] add the record and reindex.
HTH

>>Check the Set Exact statement in your enviroment. If it's .T. your value has that be the same in table included spaces.
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>I still don´s solve this problem.
>The stranges thing with this are:
>1- Only fails on a machine (you can copy to another one and everything works fine, access from another pc and everything is ok.
>2- It´s a numeric field (n(10)) it does not need SET exact.
>3- Using foxpro and setting order dont find it.
>4- Creating another index for the same field does´n work
>5- Using LOCATE doesn´t work
>6- Changing numeric to Integer works.
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>We tried formatting the pc, changing memory, and nothing....