David,

Thanks for the input. I think that I see now what I was missing in buffering. If I use row buffering it is only while I am on that row. If I use TABLE buffering I can move about and edit or add and still do a tablerevert. Do you have any general rules that you follow about using buffering?

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>If you TABLE buffer the file you can move the record pointer without the blank record getting commiteed until tableupdate() time.
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>>You hit the nail on the head... I was moving the record pointer in a refresh method... Now if I am in the add mode it's smart enought (because I told it what to do) to not move the record pointer until it's time...