>The problem is that I keep getting and error message saying that
>the table has to be opened exclusively. I've read the help on
>create cursors and it specifically said that cursors are opened
>exclusively regardless of SET EXCLUSIVE state.
>
>Could anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? TIA

You must use CREATE TABLE in order to use the PACK command on it
since PACK works only on physical .DBF tables.

Why do you need to use PACK on a cursor anyways? It will be much
faster if you use the DELETED() functionin your conditionals when
you are manipulating the records later on.