Anti-virus would be my first suspect
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>From time to time I have this problem.
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>A table NOT A CURSOR opened exclusive or not, an APPEND BLANK or a modify command returns this error:
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>"CURSOR CANT' BE UPDATED SINCE IS READONLY"
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>This is my translation from Spanish. Don't know how English message is.
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>It is not readonly, it is not a cursor. This usually is solved turning off PC and turning on.
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>But I'd like to know why this error occurs.
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>You may think it is a net error. Not. Sometimes is a local file.
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>Any idea?
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>Thank you
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> Héctor
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