I'm trying to insert a value into a local view but it's not working and not returning any errors.

The view is in a forms DE with NoDataOnLoad = .t., within a method on the form is the following code:

SELECT contact_by_id &&the local view
lcAbId = NewId("AddressBook") &&generates a new PK
thisform.CurId = lcAbId && store the PK in the form

** add a new record to the view
INSERT into contact_by_id ;
(ab_id, abstatus) values (lcAbId, .t.)

The code works correctly. If I look in the data session (it's private) after the code runs the ab_id field in the view has the correct value. I issue a tableupdate(.t., .t.), which returns .T. and close the form.

If I browse the base table the ab_id field is blank(?). The abstatus and any other fields contain the correct values.

I've checked everything I can think to check but I can't figure out why the 1 field won't update.

Any ideas?