Jim. The first time yes but with multiple instances of the update program running this will end up not being the same order as the natural order. Each update program will find the next oldest record, process it, and update the datetime update field. Then move onto the next record.

Thanks

Jos



>Jos,
>
>Something has been bugging me about this problem.
>
>Is the DateTime that you are working with different from the "natural order" of the file?... I would expect that each record was written to the table in its original datetime sequence.
>
>Jim
>
>><snip>
>>>If you use table buffering on the write wa,
>>>and put a tableupdate(.T.) at the end of the SCAN of the read wa
>>>you can do the job.
>>>
>>>But, when the SCAN run, have you exclusive write access to the datetime field ?
>>>If no, only the SELECT RECNO() .. extraction can do the job correctly
>>>( this photographer the status of the table )
>>>
>>
>>Fabio. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.
>>
>>Ciao.