>
>In addition to Cetin:
>You could easily violate some PK. Try following situation:
>

>CREATE CURSOR Test (Fld1 int, Fld2 C(20))
>INDEX ON Fld1 TAG Test CANDIDATE
>APPEND BLANK
>*** Something happens here and the user quit the application
>
>*** Next time S/He needs to insetr new record:
>APPEND BLANK && BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
>
>
>*** But with this:
>CREATE CURSOR Test (Fld1 int, Fld2 C(20))
>INDEX ON Fld1 TAG Test CANDIDATE
>INSERT INTO Test VALUES (2,-2) && BOOOOOOM, but no record is inserted
>INSERT INTO Test VALUES (2,[asasa])
>
>
>*** Also:
>CREATE CURSOR Test (Fld1 int, Fld2 C(20))
>INDEX ON Fld1 TAG Test CANDIDATE
>APPEND BLANK
>INSERT INTO Test VALUES (2,[asasa])
>BROW NORMAL
>

Buffering removes these concerns as well, no?