>>Maybe another option woulld be
>>SKIP -1
>>SCATTER MEMVAR
>>SKIP
>>GATHER MEMVAR
>don't do this if you're using table buffering -- moving out of the record will
>save the info as is -- this can cause MAJOR problems

I think you mean _record_ buffering here, right?

I don't like this solution, though: say you have a unique_id field in your table. When you do the GATHER, it will overwrite the unique_id in the field you're trying to copy into....