Tom,
        Thanks for the reply.
 -- is this a program you wrote yourself, or a third party program?
>>>> It's a third party program.
 -- is this your own database (design) or one handed to you to work on?
    (i.e., "do you have access to the schema?")
>>>> It's my own database.
 -- are you supposed to be fixing a problem or are you curious about certain
"things"?
>>>> I am supposed to do a through testing of the program. Before moving it on
to production.
I already suspected the problem but just to make sure (second opinion) before I
pass my test results to the third party (blaming them for non-working program).
 -- is this a business or a school environment?  In either case, is it a
database you are "supposed" to be modifying?
>>>> I am a developer with fair bit of HP3K experience, and yes this is the
database the program is supposed to use.
 -- are you a clerk/student or a manager/instructor?
>>>> Non of the above.

Thanks
Aveek
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(NON HP.com? hmmm...  that could explain a lot -- it infers little or no
experience on this platform, but I've been wrong before...)

>  TURBOIMAGE RESULT AT $0168a654; RETURN STATUS = 42
>  DBUPDATE, MODE 1, ON LINE-CONTENT OF ??????????????
>  DBUPDATE WILL NOT ALTER A READ-ONLY DATA ITEM
>
> Thanks
> Aveek
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