>What's the best (simplest <s>) way to replace a value in cursor2 with a value in cursor1 where they match on another value? I could scan and then locate and all that, but I figured there must be something cleaner.

Update cursor2 set field1=cursor1.field1 from cursor1 where cursor1.field2=cursor2.field2

Update (no pun intended): Sorry, this will work in VFP9, but not in VFP8. Another good reason to update!