hi,
thank you for reply,
best regards
m.qasem

>>>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 >