Try:
set enginebehavior 70
at the begining of your code.

Joaquim

>This line of code works in VFP 7 but causes an error in VFP 9. What's the problem?
>
>select distinct(make) as make from car_type into cursor ccar_type order by make
>
>The error is 1808 - Message= SQL: ORDER BY clause is invalid.
>
>Calvin