Hi Colin,

Just a little point (but it serves to show how tricky VFP can get). . .

somewhere I remember reading that there *is* an exception to the *need* for buffering when using TableUpdate() and I believe that it was related to the existence of VALIDATION rules for a (.DBC) table or view. In that case it said that committment *can* occur regardless of the buffering chosen.

Cheers,

Jim N



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>>You should make a choice: if you use RLOCK() then you don't need in buffering at all.
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>I wouldn't say that Ed. You still need buffering to use TABLEUPDATE() and TABLEREVERT().