>Hi Sylvain,
>so...append from dbf("cursor")...I need to append from the cursor.
>

Yes, it will append FROM the cursor to the currently selected table. The thing is : the cursor is actually a DBF file named from a Sys(3) unique file name. The DBF() function gets the actual underlying DBF file name and you will then append from it.

>>>Can you select a view and then append from a cursor that was created? It tells me it can't find the file (the cursor). Is there a certain syntax when dealing with cursors or is it something that just can't be done?
>>
>>Try :
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>>Append from DBF( "view_alias" )
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>>Sylvain.