Thanks for the clarifications Christof.

>>1) INDEX ON MyField TO IDXFile doesn't need exclusive use
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>But it will only work when the table is not opened with buffering in any datasession of the current VFP instance.
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>>2) SELECT * FROM MyTable INTO CURSOR curTemp
>>INDEX ON MyField TAG MyField (VFP will delete the index at the same time the cursor is closed)
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>Add a NOFILTER to the SELECT statement. Otherwise you likely end up with the original table used again by VFP and the INDEX command fails.