>>>i am using databuffering and all works well except when i append a record (and do not move the record pointer) a new record in added to the table. According to the book a -1 record (buffered record) should be added which will be removed when i do a tablerevert() and will only be added if i do a tableupdate().
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>>>what am i doing wrong?
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>>Are you using table or row buffering? -1 will be assigneg only in case of table buffering.
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>>Nick
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>i am using optim row buffer (3). do i need to us table buffer?
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>thanks
>jim

That is something only you can decide. It is why much more analysis of a project must be done when using VFP.

Tom