>

>this.mysqlexec("select * from dbo.ww_sales where CAST(sale_text as varchar(max)) like '%<guest_no>" + transform(m.pnDuplicate) + "</guest_no>%'", ;
>      'ww_sales', program())
>   this.make_view_updatable('ww_sales', 5)         && table buffering
>   select ww_sales
>   replace ALL sale_text with strtran(sale_text, "<guest_no>" + transform(m.pnDuplicate) + "</guest_no>", "<guest_no>" + transform(m.pnOriginal) + "</guest_no>",-1,-1,1)
>   DIMENSION laCommitError[1]
>   if not tableupdate(2, .t., 'ww_sales', laCommitError)
>      llError = .t.
>      = AERROR(laError)
>      lcErrorMsg = m.lcErrorMsg + "Can not perform update of ww_sales" + CHR(13) + laError(1,2)
>
>     oAppObj.write_log('Some rows in ww_sales table can not be committed: '+TRANSFORM(ALEN(laCommitError,1))+' rows.', 'E', PROGRAM())
>
>     FOR EACH nRecord IN laCommitError
>         GOTO nRecord
>
>         * Mark bad record
>     ENDFOR
>
>   ENDIF
>  
>   use in select('ww_sales')
>

I think Help again it not really clear here - are you saying that tableupdate will return .f. still? I somehow was under impression that tableupdate will return true even if some rows can not be committed.