The SCATTER NAME creates an object, with field names as properties, which COMPOBJ() than compare.
BTW, could you just zap tables and append records from VFP tables instead?

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>I looked up ComObj() but, reading:
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>"..any expressions that evaluate to objects, such as object references, object variables, or object array elements. "
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>I thought it only compared objects as above, and not fields in tables. I'll give it a go
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>Cheers
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>Terry
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>>Terry,
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>>Try

>>...
>>  SELECT table1
>>  SCATTER MEMO NAME oRec1
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>>  SELECT table2
>>  SCATTER MEMO NAME oRec2
>>  IF COMPOBJ(oRec1, oRec2)
>>     GATHER NAME oRec1
>>  ENDIF
>>...