>Trey,
>
>Try this one:
>
>SELECT * FROM SourceTable INTO CURSOR WhatEver
>cWhatEver = DBF()
>SELECT 0
>USE &cWhatEver
>
>The cursor is now a regular table.
>
> Andy Crawshaw

You need the AGAIN clause; the following works better for me:

SELECT * FROM whatever INTO CURSOR (SYS(2015))
USE (DBF()) AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS the alias I want to use
USE

The net result is to get the alias I want to use open writable; the SYS(2015) assigns a random name that I need never concern myself with.

This is a writable cursor, not an updatable cursor, in my terminology at least; you can append/delete/alter values in the cursor, but any changes made will not propagate back to the original data tables. Updatable to me implies that the changes will bereflected in the original data tables if the changes are committed, which would require the use of updatable views rather than cursors, which are disjoint from the original sources once they're created.