Brian,
You might not use nofilter with other db however there is another way to force a true cursor creation. Either there is a nonexistant field (ie: lastname+firstname as name) or an expression in where. As in :

select * from myTable where .t. into cursor myCursor

Cetin
>Well, I never use the nofilter clause, so I guess I don't know.
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>If the nofilter clause is used, will the SQL Select statement be valid when calling data from another db other than FoxPro?
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>- Brian
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>>Brian,
>>When you don't have a true cursor (nofilter clause) SQL might simply set a filter on records (with ANSI on or off). Was that what you mean ?
>>Cetin