>>

>>IF NOT tableupdate(0,.t.,"biditems")
>>   AERROR(laError)
>>   MessageBox(laError[1,2])
>>ENDIF
>>

>
>I know, I originally had it set to 3 and then changed it to 5. I just haven't cleaned up my comments yet (I want to get it working first) shame on me.
>
>Your suggested code does not produce an error. A browse of the cursor shows the values in the cursor but they are not getting to the original table.

As Edward told you, you haven't changed the data in your table, only in your local cursor. So, tableupdate would work, but there is nothing to update.