You are correct about the LOCATE being unnecessary - my initial coding was using a SCAN loop - I changed it just to see if that was the problem. The current version is using a SCAN loop and still has the same problem.

-Justin

>I thought your initial selected alias (view) was already filtered down to the records that you need to update. Why the LOCATE? Wouldn't a SCAN work? I am wondering if the CONTINUE of the LOCATE is part of problem.
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>Dan