>>>>>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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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
>>>>
>>>>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
>>>
>>>Hi Cetin,
>>>in the VFP's grammar of VFP the spaces/tabs are ignored:
>>>

>>>? INT(1)
>>>? INT                     (1)
>>>
>>>? normalize("Distinc     (xx)")
>>>CREATE CURSOR byby (aa i)
>>>APPEND BLANK
>>>
>>>SELECT distinct (aa) aa FROM byby
>>>SELECT distinct(aa) aa FROM byby
>>>
>>>SELECT (distinct       (aa)) aa FROM byby
>>>
>>>FUNCTION distinct(x)
>>>  RETURN "distinct"
>>>
>>>

>>
>>Yes that's what I meant.
>>Cetin
>
>This fail too, because make is a expression:
>

>select distinct make as make from car_type into cursor ccar_type order by make
>

Fabio,
I know that:) OK since you gave me a chance to comment on I'd suggest Calvin to use "order by 1" style.
Cetin