Myron, if you want to force VFP to create a cursor instead of a filtered version of the base table, just add an extra field

SELECT *, .T. as NewField from Mytable into Mycursor

If you need a read-write version of a cursor, then USE it again. The new copy will be read-write.

use dbf('MyCursor') again in 0 alias NewCursor

HTH


>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-
>===================================
>>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.
>>