>>I suppose if you were truly allergic to "UPDATE" in all its variations that would work.......
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>Is that UPDATE - SQL or UPDATE FoxPro? I've never used the FoxPro one, and I suppose the APPEND FROM dates back before SQL was available? I'm not good with Fox History (VFP3 looked like a better place to start :-)

Since I started FoxPro with VFP3 also, I meant UPDATE-SQL. I'm sure that APPEND FROM dates back to FoxBase (surely I saw it under dBase II) but I'm not about to try to locate DOS software that's substantially older than you are to find out < grin >