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>> VFP9 will evaluate the first record to calculate the index key length, and if the index expression includes data from a memo field, VFP9 may calculate the wrong length.
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>Tore,
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>AFAIK, VFP evaluates the current record in the table to calculate the index key length.

Sergey,

exactly, VFP evaluate the current record 2 times before to start the indexing phase:

clear
CREATE CURSOR testIndexPhase1 (f1 C)
testindex()

INSERT INTO testIndexPhase1 values('1')
testindex()

INSERT INTO testIndexPhase1 values('2')
testindex()

INSERT INTO testIndexPhase1 values('3')
testindex()
GO 2
testindex()

GO BOTTOM
SKIP
testindex()

PROCEDURE testindex
PUBLIC iPhase
iPhase=0
?
? "current record",RECNO(),"reccount ",RECCOUNT()
INDEX ON KeyRecno() TAG t1 && FOR .F.
DELETE TAG ALL

PROCEDURE KeyRecno(rn)
	? IIF(m.iPhase<2,"Key test recno ","Build index recno "), RECNO(),"OUT OF TABLE " AT 40,EOF()
	iPhase=m.iPhase+1
ENDPROC