>Naomi,
>
>Not sure what you mean. I've got SET EXCLUSIVE OFF and SET MULTILOCKS ON in the main program.
>Why would tableupdate fail the third time for the first user but work the second time for the second user.
>
>
>Thanks

I meant

if not tableupdate(.t.,.f., 'myTable', laTUError)
  aerror(laError)
  ** now examine what do you have in laError and in laTUError 
endif