Hi Frank!

IMO, a naming convention for constants would be very beneficial. What I've come up with so far is k for constant, a letter for the data type and then a meaningful name. In this example knDELETE would not have conflicted with your DELETE command.

>Thanks Jim,
>
>I had thought of that too, but it happened in various different methods and different lines. Turns out an include file redefined DELETE!
>
>>Do you have an unprintable character somewhere in the line, or the line before or the line after?
>> Might you have a semi-colon on the line before?
>>
>>That's about all I can think of.
>>
>>good luck
>>
>>>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?