>Could you not issue CURSORSETPROP("tableupdate",.f.,"whateverthetableis") this should turn off the tableupdate etc, then when you need to update it simply turn this back on and issue the =TABLEUPDATE(.t.) clause?? > >Just wondering as we use manual table updates and never let the view do it itself..
Yes. Someone else (Jim Booth, I think) suggested using table buffering and than handle the tableupdate's manually. This works well and solves the problem.
Thanks.
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