>This is a stupid question but I can't seem to find how to make my cursor writeable. Could someone give me a clue.

Here is a snippet of code that works for us:

    SELECT * ;
      FROM MyAlias ;
      INTO CURSOR sqlTEMP NOFILTER  && nofilter is required to make it writable
    lcTEMP = DBF()
    USE (lcTEMP) AGAIN ALIAS sqlWriteable IN 0 EXCLU
    USE IN sqlTEMP
    SELECT sqlWriteable

-Lou.