HMM... More testing reveals the following oddities:

You can ZAP a cursor created with READWRITE NOFILTER, but you CANNOT

issue a PACK.

That would be a significant difference from INTO TABLE if you need to

delete a bunch of records and then wish to pack the table.

@ Vince - I tried doing the USE (DBF("cursorname")) trick, but it

wouldn't work, since if I closed the cursor, the file was erased, and

if I left it open, it said it was already being used?

At 12:15 AM 07/30/2010, you wrote:

>Thanks Vince & Lew!

>

>I just found this line in the VFP helpfile:

>"NOFILTER creates a cursor that can be used in subsequent queries."

>

>So it would seem READWRITE NOFILTER is the proper equivalent to INTO TABLE..

>

>-Steve

>

>

>At 09:56 PM 07/29/2010, you wrote:

> >Steve Ellenoff wrote:

> > > Is there any difference between these two?

> > >

> > > I'm looking at some older code and I have remarks about the SELECT

> > > SQL using INTO TABLE to avoid some VFP errors that says something

> > > like, "Command cannot be issued on a cursor" or something to that effect.

> > >

> > > Would changing my code to CURSOR READWRITE work equally well as the

> > > INTO TABLE ?

> >

> >If you used tables to avoid "operation can not be performed on a

> >cursor," I would think you could do CURSOR READWRITE, followed by USE

> >DBF("MyCursor") ALIAS Bob, and do whatever on Bob. Just off the top of

> >my head.

> >

> >

> >

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