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>thank you, this looks like a good workaround that I could use.

Hi Igor,

It's much cleaner to use TEXTMERGE

TEXT TO cSQLStatement TEXTMERGE NOSHOW PRETEXT 15
SELECT column1, column2, "<<alltrim(object1.object2.property1)>>" as column3 
FROM cursor1 
INTO CURSOR cursor2 READWRITE
ENDTEXT