>>Though, this is not a "" in the first column, it is space(len(code)), so you should trim it later when you use it as a parameter for some other SQL.
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>>HTH
>That's interesting. I didn't know you could make an SQL cursor writable. I went with the UNION idea, though. It works great.

It works fine, though it's undocumented. Some people here have expressed some doubts regarding the future availability of this feature (though it still works in VFP6).