Paul - it is not supposed to make an EDITABLE cursor only to garentee VFP will create a cursor (rather than reuse tha table with a filter on it) Arnon > > >Have you tried > > > > > >SELECT ... NOFILTER ? > > > > What is NOFILTER? I don't see it in Help. > > My apologies. > > SELECT -- NOFILTER was supposed to provide an editable cursor. This was > based on a couple of sessions in Phoenix. Unfortunately, I assumed it > to work and I hadn't tried it until just now. > > /Paul >