Mike

Thanks a lot

Colin

>You could do a SELECT 0 before the create table.
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>USED('tablealias') will let you see if a table is open.
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>>Every time I create a table as a result of an sql query it uses the work area of one of my open files - is there any way I can I can make it open in a specific work area?
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>>Another question - how do I check to see if a table is open?
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>>Thanks
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>>Colin