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>>>The view has a buffermode of 5. The underlying table has a buffermode of 1.
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>>Do you have both the view and the underlying table open in the dataenvironment?
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>No, I don't. I've actually tried doing this, to see if it helps, but it didn't. The only table in the first form's DE is the view.
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>Again, the problem doesn't occur if I add _two_ records to the previously empty underlying table (via the second form), then delete them (via the first). I only get the 1585 if I add just one, then delete it.

Let me try to get this straight...
open form1 (contains view v_mytable)

form1 calls form2 (contains mytable), private DE
form2 appends a record into mytable
form2 closes (modal?)

Form1 does a REQUERY() on v_mytable
form1 deletes new record in v_mytable
form1 does a TABLEUPDATE() on v_mytable which results in an update conflict.

is this the order of things?

if not please clarify...