Hi Terry, thanks for the reply.

>Row buffered is STILL buffered. You need no buffering - 0 - in order to zap.

I understand, but this is not consistant with what the help file suggests is a solution for error 1579 - "Change the buffering mode to a non-table mode before executing this command."

Unfortunately views can only be set to buffermode 3 or 5.

Also, setting buffering to 3 (optimistic row buffering), then ZAPping, has worked successfully in the past, it just seems to be stubborn for this particular view.

Maybe there is someone out there who can throw some more light on this.

Regards,
Alan