Larry,

Here's the code I tried;

USE Junk
CursorSetProp("Buffering",5,"Junk")

BEGIN TRANSACTION
APPEND FROM Junk1
TableUpdate(2,.F.,"Junk")
END TRANSACTION

This code works and the new records are in Junk.dbf after the END TRANSACTION. Keep in mind that transactions ONLY work for tables that are in a Database. The Table being appended into must in a database. Also note the setting of buffering and the tableupdate()