I won't speak to what Craig meant, but I believe the recommended course of action is to: 1) buffer the view cursor; 2) do not explicity open, which therefore makes buffering the table irrelevant; 3) when the view is TABLEUPDATEd, the underlying table will be updated at that time.

That's just my understanding.

>>>Don't buffer the tables when using views, since views are really just a buffer for your tables. If you buffer your tables, you will need to issue 2 TableUpdate(), one for the view (first) and one for the tables (second). It's best just to open the table unbuffered and to issue a single TableUpdate() in the view.
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>>>HTH
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>>I strongly disagree. Use table buffering and things will work well.
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>Why would you buffer an underlying table when using a view?