>My code is:
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>=TableUpdate(.T.,.T.,"fai_item_view")
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>What I don't understand is how the data in the view is not local or private the the instance.

Well, there you go..you've sent .T. as the second parameter, which tells VFP to overwrite whatever is there, regardless of whether or not it's been changed.

The data in the view is private to the datasession. Why do you think it isn't?