>>Matthew, Use a macro "Repl &myfield with ...." where myfield is the data in the first table.
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>Remember this also (from VFP help):
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>"Whenever possible, use EVALUATE( ) or a name expression to replace macro substitution using &. EVALUATE and name expressions execute faster than macro substitution."
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>Just my $0.02.

Did you try it in this context? :) This is a case when "Whenever possible" doesn't apply. :)

Vlad