On a plain Select-SQL VFP does not alway create a new table, it sometimes (based on
how you structured your SQL) just does a filter over the source table.

To test this do:
SELECT * FROM -tablename- INTO CURSOR fTest
SELECT fTest
? DBF()

-myron kirby-
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>Hi Ed,
>
>I wandering why any cursor created by plain Select-SQL is not editable. What is behind the scene that prevents editing?
>
>Sincerely, Igor Gelin, System Developer.
>