Terry,

Could be more than good or bad words to be replace ? more than 10000 records

code desc1 desc2

AAA GOOD
AAA100 ABCD
AAA200 EFGH
AAA300 IJKL

BBB BAD
BBB400 AAAA
BBB500 LKJH
BBB600 KKKK
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to get in newmytable.dbf or cursor means to fill a blank desc2

code desc1 desc2

AAA GOOD GOOD
AAA100 ABCD GOOD
AAA200 EFGH GOOD
AAA300 IJKL GOOD

BBB BAD BAD
BBB400 AAAA BAD
BBB500 LKJH BAD
BBB600 KKKK BAD

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Tia