>has anyone else experience SOMETIMES that when

> REPLACE TARGET.FIELD1 WITH SOURCE.FIELD1,;
> TARGET.FIELD3 WITH SOURCE.FIELD2,;
> TARGET.FIELD5 WITH SOURCE.FIELD3,;
> etc....
>
> is issued, the data will not save unless the target table is selected before the replace statement is issued?
>
> If so do you know why?

For years of programming in VFP, there were times when this problem occurs. This happens when you issue a replace statement where the current alias() is not the the target table.