>>Actually, I just re-read Fabio's suggestion
>>Re: SPT, updatable cursor and last identity value Thread #1458392 Message #1459209
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>>I don't think I've tried that, but it does indeed sounds like a solution and I should have tried this instead of keeping the original code.
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>I don't get why he is getting scope identity if the tableupdate fails?

He is using it only when tableupdate succeeds. Re-read the suggestion, he is checking the tableupdate status:

if tableupdate(.f.) &&.f. so we're updating only one record.