Looking for ways to make my code more efficient or at least not as embarressing.

1) have a VFP free table1.dbf. Want to select records from table1.dbf and then end up with a readwriteable cursor called table1.dbf. Currently I have the following sloppy lines of code.

IF used("QM_cond") 
   USE IN qm_cond
ENDIF
USE qm_cond IN 0
SELECT * FROM qm_cond into CURSOR temp READWRITE ;
   WHERE f_query_id like qm_list.f_query_id+'%'
USE IN qm_cond   
SELECT * FROM temp INTO CURSOR qm_cond readwrite
USE IN temp
SELECT qm_cond
INDEX ON F_QUERY_ID TAG F_QUERY_ID
SET ORDER TO TAG F_QUERY_ID

2) do some processing, then want to then update table1.dbf with the records from cursor table1. currently I am co

SELECT * FROM qm_cond INTO CURSOR temp
USE IN qm_cond
USE c:\rt50vss\data\qm_data\qm_cond IN 0
DELETE FROM qm_cond WHERE f_query_id like qm_list.f_query_id+'%'
SELECT qm_cond
APPEND FROM DBF('temp')
USE IN temp

Any suggestions are appreciated

Brenda