>In an app I am supporting there is a form that allows users to enter
>tallies. The form has a grid (which holds the tally info), that is buffered
>(optimistic table) and the datasession is private. What is happening is the
>following; user A begins to enter a new tally....user B begins to enter a tally
>and finishes his/her entry BEFORE user A; user B's entry works. When user A
>clicks his/her finish button the tableupdate command fails and his/her entries
>are replaced with user B's entries.

Kimberley, this is a problem that's been around since VFP 3.0. I ran into it myself back then.

The way I ended up resolving it was to edit a temporary cursor, instead of the main table, and then appending all my changes at the end. A local view would also be a possibility here.