The following function can be added to your to your unit and called as follows: bool __fastcall Locate(const TTable *oTable, const TField *oField, const Char* SvALUE); Table is your table component, Table LName is TField you've added with the fields editor (double click on the table component) and 'Beman' is the name you want to find. // Locate will find SValue in a non-indexed table bool __fastcall Locate(const TTable *oTable, const TField *oField, const Char* SvALUE)

   {
      TBookMark bmPos;
      bool Locate, bFound;
      Locate = false;
      bFound = false;
      if (!oTable->Active)
         return;
      if (oTable->FieldDefs->IndexOf(oField->FieldName) < 0)
         return;
      bmPos = oTable->GetBookMark;
      oTable->DisableControls;
      oTable->First;
      while(!oTable->EOF)
      {
         if(oField->AsString == sValue)
         {
            Locate = true;
            bFound = true;
            break;
         }
         else
            oTable->Next;
      }
      if (!bFound)
         oTable->GotoBookMark(bmPos);
      oTable->FreeBookMark(bmPos);
      oTable->EnableControls;
   }