>Try this
>

CREATE TABLE Table1 (Id Int,Field1 C(30))
>INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES(5 ,"555555555555")
>INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES(3 ,"333333333333")
>INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES(2 ,"222222222222")
>INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES(10,"101010101010")
>INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES(5 ,"double555555")
>BROWSE NORMAL
>select * from table1 into cursor _tmp READWRITE
>
>GO TOP
>LOCATE FOR ID = 3
>REPLACE Field1 WITH "update333"
>
>GO TOP
>LOCATE FOR ID = 5
>REPLACE Field1 WITH "update555"
>
>UPDATE Table1 SET table1.field1 = _tmp.field1 FROM _tmp WHERE table1.id = _tmp.id
>
>SELECT Table1
>BROWSE NORMAL

>HTH

Yes.. and in your example ID = 3 .. stay as is "333333333333" and not updated with "update333".. it was exactly my quesstion