>>Hi Barbara,
>>There's no bound control. It's all happening in code.
>>

>>select C_Seri   && A cursor
>>cc= 0
>>scan
>>   cc= m.cc + 1
>>   insert into SeriNo ;   && a "real" table
>>      (SeriNo, JNum , ItemID, Part) ;
>>      values ;
>>      (C_Seri.SeriNo, .jnum, C_Seri.ItemID, C_Seri.Part)
>>endscan
>>select JNum, ItemId, SeriNo, Part ;
>>   from SeriNo ;
>>   where JNum = .jnum ;
>>   into table T_Seri   && the most recently insert line from SeriNo doesn't make it!
>>

>>
>>If I move the record pointer prior to the query it works fine!
>>
>>>David,
>>>What happens if you use "Skip 0"? I think this is analogous to making a change in a textbox but not moving off the control - the data never gets to the bound control because VFP is still waiting for you to tell it "I'm done with this change".
>>>
>>>
>>>>>If you move the record point off of the newly inserted record, does this help?
>>>>
>>>>Yes it does. That's my work around. But I am worried about where else I might be getting stung.
>
>
>Do you really need buffering on the SeriNo table? Maybe you could turn buffering off for just that one table with CURSORSETPROP(). If you need buffering, you could do a TABLEUPDATE() after the inserts.

I don't have buffering explicity set on. The form property is no buffering and the cursor is "use form setting" but apparently VFP ignores this in certain cases!