>>>the problem is in the SELECT FROM command
>>
>>Ah, I see. In the documentation, I don't note that there's any reference to using the fully qualified name and path. Further, VFP searches the current Fox path (SET PATH TO...) when trying to execute a query. You can't expect it to return the file name with every path on it, can you?
>
>This can be if I don't define a filename completely qualified,
>but if I furnish the absolute/relative file path,
>then VFP MUST not remove it and try to find the simple name,
>otherwise it is a serious bug.
>
>

>CREATE TABLE MYTABLE FREE (BB I)
>USE
>ON ERROR ? MESSAGE(), "Expected ",tname
>
>CLEAR
>tname="MYTABLE.dbf"
>SELECT * FROM (tname)
>
>tname="somepath\MYTABLE.dbf"
>SELECT * FROM (tname)
>
>tname="c:\somepath\MYTABLE.dbf"
>SELECT * FROM (tname)
>

Sorry, I don't agree that it's a bug. It's the way Fox has worked for as long as they've supported SQL statement. Documentation omission? Perhaps. Bug? Nope!