Jay,

Alternative assuming there's a primary key field available

select GroupHeading, min(PKField) ;
   from WorkListXMLCursor ;
   into cursor keepers ;
   group by GroupHeading

update WorkListXMLCursor ;
   set GroupHeading = "" ;
   where PKField not in ( select PKField from keepers )

>I'm trying to only keep the first unique value of the GroupHeading field, blanking all others like it until I get to a different value. The code below is kicking out of the DO WHILE because the value of GroupHeading is changed by the REPLACE. I understand why, but how can I get around it?.