Maybe I missed this, but if you wait till version 7.... not that far off. sql cursors can be defined as readwrite. At least thats what I have read in the beta helpfiles. (I just tested it,) and the readwrite new clause of select sql works.!

Bob Lee


>>You make a great point. In order to make sure the DBF() of the cursor is not the underlying table one can always use the NOFILTER keyword in the query.
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>That's true. Actually, I wrote this for FoxPro 2, before there was a NOFILTER clause. Notice the eight character name "MkEditbl" :-)