>>> can this be done? i'm trying to generate a unique id with the insert
>>> record trigger, and am told i can't update the cursor because it's read
>>> only...
>>
>>why aren't you using the defualt value option for the ID field
>>
>>Arnon
>
>because i forgot it was there.... thanks.

Hi dave, Arnon is right...
But if for any reason you need to make a cursor updatable you can
do it, you just need to open the cursor again with another alias
and is going to be open like a normal table, could append, delete,
edit,index, etc...
something like:

USE my_cursor_name IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS my_other_cursor_name

If you want you can close the previous cursor to have just
one.