Thanks Josh,

I asked the question too quickly without even bothering looking up the
help (you know, the sort of behaviour that "pressure" brings about!),
then decided to look it up in the help.

I've experimented with both. However, in this case, I do not need to
send the updates back to the database, so I'll use the updatable
cursor, as per your suggestion.

Michel.

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>Michel,
>
>Take a look at the CREATE SQL VIEW command. I think it's easier to just use the method of making a cursor read/write unless you need to send the updates made to the cursor back to the base table. If you need to do that, a view (created in code or with the view designer) is probably the way to go.
>
>>Hi Craig,
>>
>>How do you do that ?
>>
>>Michel.
>>
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>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>Is it possible to create an updatable cursor with
>>>>SELECT ..... INTO CURSOR, or does one have to actually
>>>>use SELECT .... INTO DBF ?
>>>>
>>>>Michel.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why not just create a view with code?