SELECT SQL for plain fields from a table results in a filter of the table rather then in a new cursor. subsequent CHANGES will alter the base table.
For your example try ?DBF() for both result sets.

Lutz
>I'm having trouble understanding what the purpose is for NOFILTER. I often do not specify NOFILTER and then I use the cursor in a subsequent SQL statement without any apparent problem.
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>Also, I've heard the following statement:
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>"I believe VFP 5 doesn't have the NOFILTER clause; therefore I included an extra field in the following SQL, which should produce the same effect."
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>SELECT CustNo, Sales, .T. as DummyField FROM Table1;
>  UNION ALL SELECT CustNo, Sales, .T. as DummyField FROM Table2;
>  INTO CURSOR Temp
>SELECT CustNo, sum(Sales) as Sales;
>  FROM Temp INTO CURSOR TempSummary
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>How does this take the place of NOFILTER?
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>Thanks,
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>Yossi