>>[...] in order to set a table's buffering to any mode other than 0 (zero), SET MULTILOCKS must be ON. [...] you can't turn on any buffering with SET MULTILOCKS OFF. (As the help and docs on buffering say.)
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>>My US$.02 worth.
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>Does it default to on or something? I never set multilocks to anything and I've got buffering on almost all my tables. I set it in the DE or set the form's default, so maybe it's doing it for me?

Er, um, ahh ... that's a good question ... no, it defaults to OFF ... do you have MULTILOCKS=ON in your config.fpw? Did you, in Tools/Options/Data tab, check the box which says Multiple record locks, and click the "Set As Default" button?

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