>I never noticed this, but is now in the way. When I issue a INSERT command the _TALLY reports zero record affected when in fact it should be 1.
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>CREATE CURSOR test (name c(10))
>INSERT INTO test VALUES ("test")
>? _tally
>

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>Help indicates that it should return 1.
>
>Is my wrong here?

Something is definitely wrong, because it works just fine for me. You probably have either a timer interfering or something else is going on.