>>>>>
>>>>>I believe you can add one (and only one) index tag to a non-READWRITE select cursor. Vfp cleans the cdx when the cursor closes
>>>>
>>>>Gregory,
>>>>
>>>>Maybe I am missing something but I tried to add an index tag to a readonly cursor and get an error that cursor is ready only. Here is an example of how I did it:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>select * from mytable into cursor cur_mytable
>>>>select cur_mytable
>>>>index on myfield tag mytag
>>>>*-- ERROR: cursor is readonly.
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>You see anything I could be doing differently?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>Now, that is strange
>>>

>>>select * from personnel into cursor pp
>>>index on emp_id tag pp && ok
>>>index on emp_id tag hh  && error: file ......tmp is readonly
>>>

>>>
>>>I actually see the cdx in my tmp directory until the cursor closes
>>>
>>>Maybe add: NOFILTER ??
>>
>>You are right. NOFILTER makes a difference. Now I can create an index tag. Thank you very much.
>
>You're welcome. I did not have the problem as I set sys(3050) to a low value at the beginning of my startup
>

>=sys(3050,1, 64 * 1024 * 1024)
>=sys(3050,2, 16 * 1024 * 1024)
>

I have never changed the value of sys(3050) from the default. I try not to touch things I don't understand <g>.