>>Pardon for jump in
>>
>>1. it is call after the USE command then the name is correct
>>2. but it is useless
>>

>>IF NOT USED("Stud")
>>   USE Stud IN 0
>>ENDIF
>>SELECT Stud
>>APPEND FROM DBF("csrCourseStats")
>>USE
>>

>
>That's wrong, because you're changing the environment. If the STUD table was opened before, you're now closing it.
>

You are right.
Too much away from my schemes :)

In these cases very better to use
an alias

select 0
USE Stud AGAIN
SELECT Stud
APPEND FROM DBF("csrCourseStats")
USE

>Anyway, that's not a problem we have to spent time discussing... < g >