>Why is it that when you get a cursor from SqlExec() using SQL Pass-through calls, you get a ReadWrite type of cursor back, but If you build a SQL Select command against local tables, you have to specify "ReadWrite" in the SQL command? What would it hurt to just always get a ReadWrite cursor back from local Select calls?

Performance. If against local FoxPro tables if your SQL Select is 100% optimized the SQL statement just opens up the table again and filters down the data. It's very quick if you say ReadWrite it will always create a temp table which is slower.