>>>Hi all
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>>>I have a strange proble opening a table... and don't know what's appening
>>>
>>>USE C:\tmp\data\patient.dbf Alias ScrPat
>>>
>>>This command return "Alias'PATIENT' is not found". I can type this command with any table in the folder, and it work fine.
>>>
>>>the table Patient.dbf is in the folder, not read-only or hidden, no blank in name
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>>Check the indexes in that table - they may have an alias in them. Just recreate the indexes without the alias. If it's not the indexes, then it may be some DBC event which was written to expect that alias.
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>There is no Alias in indexes, and the table is a free table... I made my test with VFP8 and VFP9 and the table was used by a VFP7 app.
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>I Change my code to use the table without an Alias... but I'd like to understand the problem

Now that the usual suspects are out of the way, it becomes really interesting.