Thanks so much. I've tried it and it looks like I'm all set.
(and thank you Barbara)


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