>when going from local to remote views, at least with a foxpro database on the back end there are some field names that will cause the ODBC driver to throw a confusing syntax error.
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>i've not seen them documented and I think they should be but so far I have come to realise
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>VALUE and DESC can not be field names if you hope to go to remote views/odbc.
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>i had value in a key table and desc as a short for description in a stock table, it's annoying to have to change base tables, views and all related code at a late stage.
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>anyone know of any others, or even if this is documented somewhere?
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>Ken.
Watch out for blue fieldnames. Any fieldname that appears as blue in syntax highlighting might cause you trouble eventually.
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