It would replace all lastnames for ssn's in curChanges with the lastname of the current record in curChanges.

>>The REPLACE is working well for me but now a new twist. I now need to produce a report of the changes. A column for old lastname and new lastname. Any ideas on how I can accomplish that?
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>>Brenda
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>select table2.ssn, table1.LastName as NewName, Table2.LastName as OldName ;
> from Table1 inner join Table2 on Table1.ssn=Table2.ssn ;
>where table1.LastName<>table2.LastName into cursor curChanges
>update table2 set lastname=curChanges.NewName where ssn in (select ssn from curChanges)

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