>I don't think I will ever have to convert the data to free tables. I was concerned that when I retrieve the data into a VFP cursor, I will have a problem. But I noticed that the cursor can have a field name longer than 10 without a problem (I thought the cursor had the same limits as a free table).
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ALTER TABLE doesn't work on cursors with long names but it doesn't work on SPT cursors anyway.
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