>sequence the records. It works fine if I am using non-buffered view and >tables. But when I use view with table buffering, VFP stops me by saying >view with buffering cannot be indexed. In all the situations where the cursor or whatever didn't like indexing, it came to it that it didn't like having a structural index, but other indexes were fine. So: select myview dx_lc=sys(3) && or dx_lc=TempDir_gc+sys(3) Index on whatever tag first of (dx_lc) Index on anything tag second of (dx_lc) Index on another tag third of (dx_lc) This should work (I've never had a situation like yours, so I can't try it). Now I'm not sure the (dx_lc+".cdx") will be automatically deleted when you close the view - better check on that.