By specifying the DBC, you cause the query to run. By not specifying the DBC, you are referencing the cursor. I'll bet it's faster now too.

>Hi Mike
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>>Try this instead...
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>>select ... FROM DBF(lcVN) where !deleted()
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>Wow, what happened? Just removing the DBC name made it to work.
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>Though I am sorry the FROM DBF(lcVN) did not work (in this case atleast), but this did FROM (lcVN) instead of FROM (THIS.cDBCName + "!" + lcVN)
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>Thanks a lot, but what can be the explanation between the two.