From: png.paradoxcommunity@com   
      
   Is this a limit of pdoxDOS?   
      
   ..a.. or ..b.. or   
      
   would work in pdoxWIN I think.  With 26 alpha characters (potentially) to   
   search out you may need more than one query, but...   
      
   Still, I think a scan might be easier.   
      
   stAlpha="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"   
   for i from 1 to stAlpha.size()   
     arArray.addlast(stAlpha.substr(i,1)   
   endfor   
      
   scan tablename :   
     for x from 1 to arArray.size()   
       if search(tablename."FieldName",arArray[x])>0 then   
         ;process, match of alpha found   
       endif   
     endfor   
   endscan   
      
   This is pdoxWIN of course, but likely translatable to pdoxDOS without much   
   modification.   
      
      
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