If I understand this: when in buffering mode, and I do a REPLACE, the contents are not actually placed in the physical table until after the TABLEUPDATE()? If that is the case, then the REPLACE should work. I must be doing something wrong--which is nothing new. I'll look into it, Nancy, and I appreciate your taking the time to educate me.


>You can do a replace. That is, after all, how you get a value assigned to a field. Tableupdate simply updates the *actual* table with the values in the buffered table. Can you duplicate this on your development system?
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>>Yes, I am doing a direct REPLACE. Perhaps *I* am missing something that I have overlooked. I am under the impression that a direct REPLACE is not possible in the table is being buffered. That way, the table is only updated with TABLEUPDATE(), with REVERT() being an option. Then again, I am relatively new to buffering.