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>And the data then appears. But it doesn't make sense....shouldn't i be able to add to the table via the local view w/o have to tableupdate the base table?
Yes, that usually works for me. I never had to do TableUpdate() to the base table when working with a view.
Perhaps the table also has buffering enabled. What I usually do is open only the view, without opening the table first. I don't know if it matters, but it is something you might check.
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