> I just came across a problem that I first encountered a couple of years > ago. I openned a table, ran a SQL query against that table into a cursor, > then re-selected the original table and attempted to pack it. Guess what. > Pack failed because table is open in more than one work area. After > several minutes of confusion, I did a display status and it was then very > clear. Check out the example below. in VFP5.0 you can also state NOFILTER to ensure VFP will create a cursor Arnon