>>>>Unless things have changed for VFP 9, it's always been the case that only chars, nos, and "_" allowed as table name.
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>>>What you're saying is true for an alias (or VFP name in general). The table name can include any characters that Windows allows with some limitations.
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>>Well I've always used that as a rule of thumb. 9 times out of 10 I don't open a table and explicitly give it an alias. Hence the alias is by default the same as the table, which, to my understanding, would lead to a problem/error, would it not?
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>Yes, the alias will be the same as table name when table open implicitly if table name follows rules for VFP names and ther's no such alias already. However it has nothing to do with what characters are allowed in the table name.

Interesting. I've just seen, probably for the 1st time:

"File names follow your operating system's conventions."

Was my assumption always the case back in DOS 8.3 days, then? Is that where I'm gettring the idea from?

(I DO tend to stick to the lowest common denominator - thus avoiding clashes like this)