The saving of individual records are done with an Insert

The SQL that pulls the cursor is :

Select Val(b.seq) As qstnum, b.cat, a.script, a.stem, a.respa, a.respb, a.respc, a.respd,;
b.itmnum, a.scriptim ;
From convatc a, dupwk b;
WHERE a.itmnum = b.itmnum;
INTO Cursor testbook;
ORDER By qstnum

Script and Stem are both memo fields


>>the memo field is part of a table which is part of a DBC stored on an external harddrive. It is retrieved with a Select statement into a cursor.
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>So, are you saying that somehow in the process of saving/retrieving the data in that memo field change? Can you post code that Saves the data and code that retrieves it?