Create the table with a memo. Maybe that's part of the problem.
I'll email the tables.

>If you do, I won't be able to look at them until later. I can't access that email address from work.
>
>>These are all free tables.
>>Can I email you the files? :)
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>>Are your table already part of a some other database? If that's the case, you'll have to free them before you can add them to your new database.
>>>
>>>
>>>>You still have to be opening the table somehow.
>>>>
>>>>I just did the same program and created the tables in VFP6, and run just the add table part in VFP9, and no messages.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Fred-
>>>>>
>>>>>I just tried one table.
>>>>>
>>>>>I copied the table that was created in VFP 6.0 to a DataTest folder.
>>>>>In the command window I typed
>>>>>
>>>>>CLOSE ALL
>>>>>CLEAR ALL
>>>>>CREATE DATABASE Test
>>>>>ADD TABLE WsCans
>>>>>The error still occured.
>>>>>The problem with the code below is that I would be creating the tables in VFP 9.0 not in VFP 6.0.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you don't mind I can email you the three files for this one table.
>>>>>Then we can verify the error on your side.
>>>>>
>>>>>Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Then you must be opening the tables in some other manner. Does this work without error for you? It does for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

CLOSE DATABASES ALL
>>>>>>
>>>>>>CREATE TABLE t1 (f1 c(1))
>>>>>>USE IN SELECT("t1")
>>>>>>CREATE TABLE t2 (f1 c(1))
>>>>>>USE IN SELECT("t2")
>>>>>>CREATE TABLE t3 (f1 c(1))
>>>>>>USE IN SELECT("t3")
>>>>>>CREATE TABLE t4 (f1 c(1))
>>>>>>USE IN SELECT("t4")
>>>>>>CREATE TABLE t5 (f1 c(1))
>>>>>>USE IN SELECT("t5")
>>>>>>
>>>>>>CREATE DATABASE test
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ADD TABLE t1
>>>>>>ADD TABLE t2
>>>>>>ADD TABLE t3
>>>>>>ADD TABLE t4
>>>>>>ADD TABLE t5
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Fred-
>>>>>< snip >