>How come when I use the same code to append or edit to a local view that I would normally use to append or edit a table the changes are not saved into the local view, even though I "ReQuery" the local view after I have made the update?

You have to issue a TABLEUPDATE() on the view to write the changes to the base table.

Also, the view must be set to send updates, a key field set, and updatable fields checked as so. Do all this in the view designer or with DBSETPROP().