I see - I didn't realize it was on creation. Obviously a cursor will work if it doesn't need to be updateable, but couldn't you just assign an empty string to the parameter before creating the view?

MyParam = ''
CREATE view..... where Myfield = ?MyParam.....

Barbara

>Hi Barbara,
>
>The problem was on CRAETING the view!
>After i do CREATE SQL VIEW ....
>VFP returns me that message, asking for a parameter.
>
>I think i'll go for another way: create a cursor!
>Thanks, anyway!
>
>Everything OK?
>
>Ricardo