Thanks for replying Stephen

I think that the .T. in the first position is used to update ALL rows in the table if buffering is enabled. The second is used to FORCE the updates to the table and is used in networking. The third is the TABLE ALIAS (but doesn't seem to do much when used :-) ). I dont think that the record is really being updated after I issue the TABLEUPDATE(.T.) because I get the "Record in use by another user" error. Oh yeah, I am using 3.0b. Any more help would be greatly appreciated.......
TIA Greg Roy