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Check to see if a table exists without knowing its locat
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04/05/2005 16:21:18
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01010987
Message ID:
01011044
Views:
25
That works too!

>>I guess this would work too:
>>
>>
>>IF DBUSED('dbProfiler')
>>   SET DATABASE to dbprofiler
>>   IF !FILE(LEFT(DBC(),RAT("\",DBC()))+"MYTABLE.DBF")
>>      *--Do whatever
>>   ELSE
>>
>>
>>then I don't need to know where it is physically located or set the path but only ensure the dbc is open (which is done earlier in the app)
>
>How about using JUSTPATH()?
>
> IF !FILE(JUSTPATH(DBC())+"\"+"MYTABLE.DBF")
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