SELECT &alist[1]&alist[2]&alist[3]&alist[4]&alist[5]&alist[6]&alist[7]&alist[8]; FROM &cFile_list ; WHERE &aConds[1]&aConds[2]&aConds[3]&aConds[4]&aConds[5]&aConds[6]&aConds[7]&aConds[8] ; .AND. &aJoin[1]&aJoin[2]&aJoin[3]&aJoin[4]&aJoin[5]&aJoin[6]&aJoin[7]&aJoin[8] ; ORDER BY &cSort_set INTO CURSOR (cTable_name)I am going against native tables. I did not have this problem in vfp6 until now.