Try this. It seems to be working.

USE IN ( SELECT("qm_cond"))
USE IN ( SELECT("qm_cond_table"))


USE qm_cond IN 0 

SELECT * FROM qm_cond_table into CURSOR crs_qm_cond READWRITE ;
   WHERE f_query_id like qm_list.f_query_id+'%'

USE IN ( SELECT("qm_cond"))

USE DBF("crs_qm_cond") Again IN 0 ALIAS qm_cond
INDEX ON F_QUERY_ID TAG F_QUERY_ID
SET ORDER TO TAG F_QUERY_ID
USE IN crs_qm_cond

...

USE qm_cond IN 0 ALIAS qm_cond_table
SELECT qm_cond_table
APPEND FROM DBF('qm_cond')

>Your help is always appreciated.
>
>Guess I will keep my sloppy code, it does accomplish what is needed.
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>Brenda