So there is no real way to do it thru like a browse window, say. Instead I'll have to figure out the changes I want and run a sqlexec? I can live with that, there are only a few changes I would seek to make.

>>>Hi,
>>> Try to use either " " (mytable."my field") or ' ' (mytable.'my field') for your problem.... one of them should work.... according to my memory ...I suppose
>>>
>>>
>>>Hope it helps
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>>They both seem to work fine, for accessing the data, but when I try to do a cursorsetprop to make the view updatable, then it dies.
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>You'll have to use SQL passthrough for this. VFP views build the SQL from your view properties, and the SQL it builds will be invalid because of these field names.