Harry,

You can join me in wondering why this is the case!

Any guru's with an answer?



>Cindy, thanks for your reply. It did the trick.
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>Not at first - because I ignored the bit about the temp cursor not having the relevant id field. But as soon as I eliminated the id field, I could happily append from till the proverbial cows came home.
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>Thanks
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>Harry