>>And, it's "caveat" :)
>
>Sounds like one of us (at least) listened to the "statelessness of the union" address.

Mmm... this may lead to some far-fetched conclusions:

- select * from alabama UNION select * from arizona UNION ... into cursor USA readwrite
- the union you get is stateless (i.e. it forgets everything between sessions)

And no, I didn't. Must be you.