Bob,

thanks - but I finally found it. My query is actually on a Back-end view and it turns out the BE table name I was using in the UpdateNameList was the name of the table, not the view. In short, the error message I was getting had nothing to do with what (really) the problem was. A message more along the lines of "table name(s) specified in UpdateNameList do not match any tables in the 'Tables' property" would make more sense. Telling me that "no update tables are specified" was both inaccurate and very misleading.

Thanks for your help! Your idea would bwe a good one.
Ken

>>Hello,
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>>VFP6.0 SP3 - SQL Server 7
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>>This one is driving me nuts. I am trying to set up a SQLEXEC-created cursor to update the backend. I set every "CursorSetProp" property up that there is INCLUDING CurosrSetProp("tables", "BackEndTableName"), but no matter what - every time I issue tableupdate I get a "No update tables are specified. Use the tables property of the cursor"
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>Have you tried to create the view in the View Designer, then use GenDBC or GenDBCx to get all the Set's that you need?
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>BOb