Hi Tore,

turns out it was a #DEFINE DELETE 65536 in an include file!

Thanks.

>Sounds like corruption. Try to USE the form, copy it to another name and see what happens when you try the same thing with the copy.
>
>>Hi Tore,
>>
>>whether or not the table is used during compile time shouldn't matter. The error occurs when I am saving the method code. However, I am sure the table (in this case it is a cursor) is open at runtime and I still get the error.
>>
>>>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,
>>>>
>>>>recently I started getting a syntax error when coding in a method on a form. The code I am trying to use is:
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>DELETE ALL IN MyTable
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>When I close the method, I get a VFP Compile error: Syntax Error.
>>>>
>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>FWIW, if I do it in the command window the command works.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas what I am missing?