>In respect to style I hate nesting ifs !!!

So do I :>)

>I would :
>
>BEGIN TRANSACTION
>llret = TABLEUPDATE(.T.,.F.,vporders)
>llret = llret AND TABLEUPDATE(.T.,.F.,vpordets)
>llret = llret AND TABLEUPDATE(.T.,.F.,styles)
>IF llret
> END TRANSACTION
>ELSE
> ROLLBACK
> THISFORM.goodsave = .F.
>ENDIF

Only one problem I see with this approach - the first 2 could fail and the last succeed. Without a lot of added checking in between, I like Frank's approach better in this case.