DOCUMENT:Q314655  11-FEB-2002  [foxpro]
TITLE   :FIX: "Cannot update the cursor" Error Indexing a View
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER::7.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700fix kbvfp700 _IK283

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you try to create an index on a view that is part of a database, and the
database is read-only or has been opened with the NOUPDATE clause, you may
receive the following error message:

   Cannot update the cursor.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visual FoxPro for
Windows 7.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q316964 How to Obtain the Latest Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in
Visual FoxPro for Windows 7.0 Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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To reproduce the problem, run the following code from a program (.prg) file:

   * This code demonstrates the problem using the NOUPDATE clause.
   * The problem will also occur if the database is read-only.
   #define DBCNAME   'testdb'
   #define TABNAME   'testtab1'

   CLEAR 	
   CLOSE DATABASES ALL
   DELETE FILE DBCNAME + '.dbc'
   DELETE FILE DBCNAME + '.dc?'

   DELETE FILE TABNAME+'.dbf'
   DELETE FILE TABNAME+'.cdx'

   CREATE TABLE TABNAME (F1 C(10), F2 C(10) ) 
   INSERT INTO TABNAME VALUES ('xxx','yyy')

   CLOSE TABLES 

   CREATE DATABASE DBCNAME
   CREATE SQL VIEW v1 AS Select * From TABNAME
   CLOSE DATABASES ALL 

   OPEN DATABASE DBCNAME NOUPDATE

   USE testdb!v1
   INDEX ON f1 TAG f1
   RETURN 

Additional query words: kbVFP700sp1fix

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Keywords          : kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbCodeSnippet kbvfp700fix kbvfp700 _IK283 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP700
Version           : :7.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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