>>>Sorry, I meant aerror(laError) and laError
>>
>>Well I don't get an error?? The tableupdate() command just returns a .F.
>
>You need to add a line right after tableupdate
>=aerror(laError)
>
>and then examine laError array content.

oooh I get it now. Well that is certainly enlightening.

I see this:
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Connectivity error: Microsoft SQL Native Client connection is busy with results for another command

So in my remote view where I have selected "share connection" ..which I just de-selected and taadaa! now it works of course. geeeze.