I've been meaning to try this technique out, but had some issue the last time I did (maybe referencing form properties). Anyway, I put it in the "later" pile. Now it's later. Thanks for posting this (for the lurkers) and thanks to Bill.

>I got your e-mail - thanks. For the lurkers I'll try to post the code:
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>local lcSQLCommand
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>TEXT TO lcSQLCommand textmerge NOSHOW PRETEXT 15
>Update GRADS set
>  cFName = '<<ThisForm.txtcFName.Value >>',
>  cMInit = '<<ThisForm.txtcMInit.Value>>',
>  etc etc..
>endtext
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>then..
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>SQLExec(myhandle,lcSQLCommand)
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>Nice idea! Your example seems to be against a SQL backend, whereas my situation is VFP free tables. But, replacing the SQLExec with a macro command-execution ( &lcSQLCommand ) should work just fine.
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