>OK. I misunderstood you. Don't worry I was doing it as you just indicated. I just can't understand why TABLEUPDATE is so flakey.

It's not flakey, you just have to know exactly whatyou are doing when you issue it. If there is no cursor selected, or the cursor selected is not buffered, you will get this error message. That's it's a good idea to specify the alias.

>hehehe... Whenever I think I have VFP figured out it tosses me a curve ball. I feel like I have the online Reference Manual memorized.

I have been using VFP for just over 2 years now, and I still learn something nearly every day. Except for days that I spend reading "VFP is Dead" threads. I get stupider on those days.