>Hi Jon,
>
>You might try a GOTO 1 on SysFile *before* doing the update in A. That should re-read the SysFile record.
>
>good luck

Jim,

Thanks for the tip. We brainstormed and figured out a solution that I think will work. I created a stored proc that accepts a field name and value as parameters. The proc then opens the SysFile table again (unbuffered) under a different alias, performs an RLOCK(), writes out the information, and closes the table.

We're trying this out to see if the issue gets resolved.

Laterness,
Jon