>It's not a case of insert into....Select out of. You asked about how the records were saved, so I told you. These records are held in two tables until they are needed.
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>So, having said that - when I look at the 'master' table, the Chr(13) is there. When I look in the intermediary table (dupwk) the Chr(13) is there. When I looking the cursor (testbook) it is not.
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That's weird. If the chr(13) is there in the table and not in the cursor, then I don't know what may cause it. Just in case, try playing with SET MEMOWITH setting.

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>>>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
>>>
>>So, right before INSERT command the memo has chr(13) and right after select it does not?