OK, I just read the help, and yes, tableupdate() moves the record pointer. Sheesh, I wouldn't have expected that.
Oh, well.

>I have an instance where the line
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>tableUpdate(m.allrows, .t., m.cAlias)
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>is moving the record pointer in m.cAlias, eg might be on record 4 before the call but end up on record 8 afterward. Sure, changes have occurred to more than one record, but should this command leave the record point alone??
>Is this to be expected??