SELECT " " as is_sel,contract, vendor,;
mjclass ,;
mjunclass,;
mjcontnet,;
forclass,;
forunclass ,;
forcontnet,;
fornetcost,;
forsupmtl ,;
forother ,;
bondamt ,;
forexwk ;
FROM contract;
WHERE org=orgfltr;
INTO CURSOR delay1 READWRITE ORDER BY contract NOFILTER


CREATE cursor c_group ;
(is_sel C(2), contract c(13), vendor c(12), ;
mjclass N(13,2),;
mjunclass N(13,2),;
mjcontnet N(13,2),;
forclass N(13,2),;
forunclass N(13,2),;
forcontnet N(13,2),;
fornetcost N(13,2),;
forsupmtl N(13,2),;
forother N(13,2),;
bondamt N(13,2),;
forexwk N(13,2),;
MJNETCST n(13,2),title C(65),title1 c(30),title2 c(30),title3 c(30))


SELECT c_group
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APPEND FROM DBF("delay1")

Append fails at this point and doesn't populate c_group

My fix is

SCAN
SCATTER MEMO memv
INSERT INTO c_group FROM MEMVAR
ENDSCAN