> hi, I just want to know how to display the status bar when using the SELECT (SQL) statement, there are times that it display, and sometime does not display.
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> Thanks.I believe SET NOTIFY ON will enable it, but whether it appears or not still depends on the length of the query. I think there is some internal mechanism that determines when it should appear. In other words it seem that if the query is very quick, or generating and updating the display would take longer than the query, it doesn't show up anyway.
Regards
Andy Kramek
Microsoft MVP (Visual FoxPro)
Tightline Computers Inc, Akron Ohio, USA