>> To refresh a table before reporting, we usually issue an RLOCK(0) (table header) and then run the report. All data displayed in the report is the most current.
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>You don't release the lock ?
>This prevents other users from adding new data do table during report preview !?

No. The lock is immediately released. The simple act of locking refreshes the data. I posted this instruction in other messages on this subject. This text just didn't make its way into this one.