>Edward,
>This might also explain the fatal errors I've been getting from VFP 5.0a
>What would you suggest as an alternative for using a memory variable stored on disk that increment a counter that is not always consecutive(by their request,user can go out of sequence)
>Thanks,
>Steve

If you mean mechanism to generate unique keys, then it usually realizes through separate table where users apply RLOCK(), increment and pick counter field value. I don't understand though, what means 'out of sequence'.