>There's no hard feeling here where we are all developers exchanging experiences :)

Thanks!

>I did look at my code, and the work area is selected before the select sql command, and RECNO() is called with no parameters.
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>SELECT Child
>SELECT RECNO() FROM Child INTO CURSOR C_Child
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>That is the code which is working, however, like you said, adding a parameter to the RECNO() could cause the function to not work correctly. I went with the assumptions that a parameter should work, so I was wrong to assume that.

There are at least 3 ways to break this code by a good VFP programmer using "good programming techniques": :)

1. "Fix" the above code by puting the alias in the RECNO().
2. Adding another table to select from, and... adding the param for RECNO().
3. Using the same code in a different place... just a little different.

:)

BTW, the SELECT Child is useless in your previous piece of code (ie: it doesn't change the result of the following query.)

Vlad