Are you sure that mytable is USEd? And note that you can also get an error if someone else use mytable, since ALL instructs VFP to lock the header.

>Hi,
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>recently I started getting a syntax error when coding in a method on a form. The code I am trying to use is:
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>DELETE ALL IN MyTable
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>When I close the method, I get a VFP Compile error: Syntax Error.
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>The confusing thing is that I am pretty sure I use this code all over the place, so why should it start giving me a syntax error now?
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>FWIW, if I do it in the command window the command works.
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>Any ideas what I am missing?