hi,

i do evry thing you write but still i get the same ,but i change the code littel bit as under. it works.

CLOSE all
use aliq excl
*index on no tag no
*set order to "no"
for i = 1 to 20 && assume 20 values for flag
   * seek i  &&Table has no index order set
   LOCATE FOR no=i && this is what i add
  copy next 5 to temp while no = i
use aliq1
  append from temp
use aliq excl
  
next

thanks,
best regards
m.qasem