Hi, Serge:

Try it while passing a parameter:

oRec = Null
=f1()
RETURN

FUNCTION f1
*LOCAL oRec
CREATE CURSOR testxx1 (ii1 int, cc1 char(2))
INSERT INTO testxx1  VALUES(1, "#1")
SCATTER NAME oRec
? oRec.ii1, oRec.cc1
=f2(oRec.cc1)
? oRec.ii1, oRec.cc1     && oRec object wasn't changed after call to f2()
RETURN

FUNCTION f2
LPARAMETERS cc1
CREATE CURSOR testxx2 (ii1 int, cc1 char(2))
INSERT INTO testxx2  VALUES(2, "#2")
SCATTER NAME oRec
RETURN

>Hi Michel,
>
>I don't see this in my test. What I'm doing differently? Running VFP8SP1.

oRec = Null
>=f1()
>RETURN
>
>FUNCTION f1
>*LOCAL oRec
>CREATE CURSOR testxx1 (ii1 int, cc1 char(2))
>INSERT INTO testxx1  VALUES(1, "#1")
>SCATTER NAME oRec
>? oRec.ii1, oRec.cc1
>=f2()
>? oRec.ii1, oRec.cc1     && oRec object wasn't changed after call to f2()
>RETURN
>
>FUNCTION f2
>LOCAL oRec
>CREATE CURSOR testxx2 (ii1 int, cc1 char(2))
>INSERT INTO testxx2  VALUES(2, "#2")
>SCATTER NAME oRec
>RETURN
>

>>I have an application which creates an object (SCATTER NAME) which then calls a function which happens to create an object by the same name. The function destroys the object before returning.
>>
>>I was expecting that by defining the object as LOCAL or PRIVATE within the function, it would not clobber the identically named object in the calling function. I appear to be wrong because the object in the calling program is getting clobbered by the one in the function.
>>
>>Either I'm not understanding how to properly scope the object in the calling and called function, or objects behave differently than other variables.
>>
>>Can someone shed light?
>>
>>TIA