Try to change cursor location to the client side.

oRs.CursorLocation = adUseClient

>Please excuse one more ADO question, I will hopefully learn enough to get something done soon...
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>Now I am trying to update data and have coded the following:
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> oRecordSet.Fields("unit").value = thisform.text2.value
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>where unit is a character string.
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>The message I get is:
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>"OLE dispatch exception code 0 from microsoft cursor engine: multi-step operation generated errors. Check each status value..."
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>The examples I have come across show setting the field value to a literal like "New value" but I'm hoping ou can set it to a variable...
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>I am on VFP/sp1
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>Thanks for the patience,
>Pat