Thank you Eric. You are a great help.

Concerning the compound primary key issue, you make a great deal of sense. I will be making changes immediately.

In VB every record created can have an automatically incremented primary key, when using Access data files.

Can VFP table be structured to do the same automatically? If not, what do you suggest would be the most efficient and valid way of creating a value to be used as a unique primary key in a multi-user environment?

Thanks again!