David,

You could add the memo field to the cursor using ALTER TABLE:

SELECT type FROM FoxUser INTO CURSOR ReadOnly
USE DBF() AGAIN ALIAS ReadWrite IN 0 && open cursor in read-write mode
USE && close ReadOnly cursor
ALTER TABLE ReadWrite ADD COLUMN mMemo M


>My base table doesn't have a memo field, but I want my updatable view, or cursor to have one. I can say 'select space(10) as spacefield', but how can i say something like 'select memo(10) as mymemofield'.
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>How can I create the memo on the fly, unless i do a join from a dummy table that has a memo already in it -
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>ty
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>David Schlesinger