>>In the Load Event of a form, I am creating a CURSOR from which to validate user input.
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>>In the Debugging process, I have noticed that I cannot create an index tag on the CURSOR without SET DELETED ON.
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>>Without SET DELETED ON, when the code gets down to the INDEX ON command, it trys to index on the E:\ADI\EBAAData\OrdrHdr file (the result is that I get an error message stating that file is read-only, which is good because altering that file's CDX would be a big no, no), even though I specifically SELECT curOrdrHdr just before the INDEX ON command.
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>>Would appreciate explanations / suggestions. Here's the code...
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>>*prjChgOrder.frmNewChgSD.Load
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>>* To create CURSOR for Invoice number validation & to provide ShpNam data...
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>>SELECT ;
>>	Invoice, ;
>>	ShpNam ;
>> FROM E:\ADI\EBAAData\OrdrHdr ;
>> INTO CURSOR curOrdrHdr ;
>> ORDER BY Invoice
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>>* Furnish index to accomodate SEEK programmed into form.
>>SELECT curOrdrHdr
>>INDEX ON Invoice TAG Invoice
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>>USE IN SELECT( "OrdrHdr" ) && Clean up from above SQL SELECT
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>Chuck,
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>Add NOFILTER clause to your select statment. That will force foxpro to create a physical cursor instead of filtered view of underlaing table.

Thanks for the info. Haven't used the NOFILTER clause before. Will that leave a .dbf file on disk after the program is closed? One of the reasons I like to use CURSORs for temporary use is that they don't clutter up the directory with temp files left over after the program is closed; and therefore, I don't have to deal with deleting them in my cleanup code.