Errol,
Your second parameter in the Tableupdate() command is .F., which says "Don't update this if the main table has been changed by someone else but still return .T.". I would think that the corrupt table/header made it look as if the record was changed.

HTH
Barbara

>Hello,
>I had the following problem with a form. Data would be entered and the following update procedure would be invoked:
>
> Procedure Update
> begin transaction
> if !Tableupdate(.T.,.F.,"po_hdr")
> wait "Po Header update failed" window
> endif
> ... more tableupdates ...
> end transaction
> flush
>
>
>Instead of saving the data, VFP 6/SP3 was clearing the screen. It turned out the the database was corrupt and the po_hdr index had to be rebuilt. I assume that Foxpro did not consider this to be a failed tableupdate since the wait message did not appear. Am I doing something wrong in my code?.
>
>Thanks
>
>Errol Saldanha