Now you have to check whether these new settings will affect other parts of your program, or you must remember to reset them. I suggest using the double equal sign == instead, == is in effect the same as = with set exact on.

>hi,
>thank you all, so much,it works via
>at myform procedure load
>i put
>set ansi on
>set exact on
>thanks.
>best regards.
>
>>>hi,
>>>i try it, i get "gotit1",
>>> about "gotit2" also i git it "gotit2" becuse all the time i can find date and typ.
>>>but i think the problem is
>>>i have at my table mac1=io27 and io21
>>>if insert io27 or io21 i can see it at mygrid ,
>>>but if insert e.x io25 or io26 i get message not found all of this is grate ,
>>>but if i insert io2 i get io27 and io21 at mygrid,
>>>
>>>i must get not found.
>>>
>>
>>Mohammed,
>>
>>Please, read SET EXACT and SET ANSI topics in help. They are tough topics, so you may need to read them couple of times.