Use the very old:

GO RECNO()

It does the job while it doesn't change the record pointer. And it works all the time.

Vlad

>I need to get a field value from table direct from disk not from buffer. I put SET REFRESH TO 1 and some times the value I see it's from the buffer an it's different.
>
>Example:
>
>today's date --> {14/01/1999}
>
>PC1: Update field
>
>REPLACE Table.Field1 WITH {15/01/1999}
>
>PC2: Get Value
>
>? Table.Field1
>
>it returns {14/01/1999}