>I've been checking out an application's database stored procedures, and there are several instructions / functions that seems not to be supported by VFP.. is there a special syntax for stored procedures?
VFP stored procedures? No - it is the standard syntax. Make a change (press space and delete it again), and save it with Ctrl-W. If there is an error, it should tell you immediately.
Perhaps the programmer decided to use #DEFINE statements, to redefine some commands. Search for #DEFINE and #INCLUDE to check this.
Then also, the RI (referential integrity) created by Visual FoxPro is quite confusing. Personally, I have replaced it with TaxRI - the code it produces is 1/10th. of the built-in RI!
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