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>I know about SQLMORERESULTS() and the BatchMode property, and I suppose those help out, but I was just wondering if anyone knew exactly what will cause code to wait until completion and what won't? I am not trying to do anything in particular, just was wondering...
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Joe,
Any attempt to access the cursor created by the SPT code will stop VFP until the cursor can be examined. Sylvain is correct in Asynch gives you the ability to do other processing like executing another SPT command while the first command completes.