That's what I remember seeing "READWRITE" - dang, why can't it be in VFP6 also. lol
>Hi, Beth
>
>It goes something like this...
>
>

>LOCAL cDbf
>SELECT <query>  INTO CURSOR MyCurs
>SELECT MyCurs
>cDbf = DBF()
>USE (cDbf) AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS MyNewCurs
>USE IN MyCurs
>SELECT MyNewCurs
>* now continue with your processing
>

>
>Now, in VFP8, you can declare a cursor as READWRITE, which means you don't have to use the code above.
>
>Kevin