>I did not test it as a view definition, only as a query. I was surprised that it was working in VFP, but aparently as view it does not allow this syntax?

I don't think so. It may be another syntax I haven't tried, but so far no go.

>>I tried various combinations today in one of our views, and could not get it to work.
>>
>>Are you able to get it to work? If so, what is the syntax you used?
>>
>>Did not work:
>>

* Syntax:
>>SELECT a.* ;
>>    ;
>>    FROM  ;
>>        (SELECT RECNO() as nRecno, * FROM addr) a ;
>>    ;
>>    WHERE  a.iaddrid = ( ?vp_iaddrid )
>>
>>* Syntax:
>>SELECT a.* ;
>>    ;
>>    FROM ;
>>        (SELECT RECNO() as nRecno, * ;
>>             FROM addr ;
>>             WHERE  addr.iaddrid = ( ?vp_iaddrid ) ;
>>        ) a
>>

>>
>>I get "Not a character expression" on each attempt, and it asks me if I want to rebuild the view from the designer.
>>
>>>>When I've needed RECNO() values, I've selected from the original table with something like:
>>

SELECT RECNO() as nRecno, * FROM table INTO CURSOR c_table

>>>>
>>>>And then used that as the source for my subsequent query. Doesn't work well in views though, but can be a good workaround if it's manual code.
>>>
>>>I wonder if something like this would be working for a view. I have not used views in a long time but could be interesting.
>>>
>>

>>SELECT Test.Inv_Recno, Inv.Invnum, Par.Parnum 
>>    FROM (SELECT RECNO() AS Inv_Recno, Invnum, Parnum 
>>        FROM Inv 
>>        WHERE Parnum== "000001") Test 
>>    JOIN Par ON Test.Parnum == Par.Parnum 
>>    JOIN Inv ON Inv.Invnum == Test.Invnum AND Inv.Parnum == Test.Parnum 
>>    INTO CURSOR cuResult 
>>