Try putting (parentheses) around your table references - i don't know if it is the issue - but I just felt the urge to respond):
USE (m.lcTableName)

Does this guy need an EVAL wrapper someplace?
IdDeleted from companies where; "+TTOC(settings.lastupdate,1)+" > ts", "remote_cursor")

>When I try to build this code (that someone else wrote, I might add),
>VFP 9 SP1 comes back with: "Error in line 30: Command contains unrecognized
>phrase/keyword."
>
>Here's the code...
>
>
>USE m.lcTableName
>
>SELECT cmpid, ts, IsUpdated FROM m.lcTableName WHERE IsUpdated > 0 INTO CURSOR;
>local_cursor
> >**! Form retrieve from server list
>SQLEXEC(this.connhandle,"select cmpid, ts, IdDeleted from companies where; "+TTOC(settings.lastupdate,1)+" > ts", "remote_cursor")
> >
>**! Compare the two tables & elminiate depreciate matches
> >SELECT x.cmpid, x.ts AS ts_local y.ts AS ts_remote FROM local_cursor x LEFT JOIN; remote_cursor y ON x.cmpid = y.cmpid INTO CURSOR matches_cursor
>
>**! The SELECT command above is the line that nukes :^).
>
>After reading through the on-line help for SELECT and comparing syntax,
>I can't seem to see a problem with this code...or am I blind or something? :^)
>
>TIA,
>Randall