>Not sure why it would ever work. I've never seen distinct written as a function the way you have, rather then as a keyword, like order by
>
>>This line of code works in VFP 7 but causes an error in VFP 9. What's the problem?
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>>select distinct(make) as make from car_type into cursor ccar_type order by make
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>>The error is 1808 - Message= SQL: ORDER BY clause is invalid.
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>>Calvin

Perry,
It is not a function. However having parentheses there makes < g > "make" an expression column (and serves as a separator at command line). ie:
select (cust_id) from customer
select(cust_id) from customer
select top 1(emp_id) from orders group by 1

Cetin