:o)

>Works for me too once I set the variable to a legal fieldname.
>_2007 vs 2007
>Thanks
>
>:)
>
>>>SQL SELECT allows for creation of new field names using AS clause, as in
>>>
>>>select fieldname as newfieldname
>>>
>>>This works easily when the newfieldname is know when the code is written, but how can we cause the newfieldname to be a variable as in
>>>
>>>newfieldname = "newname"
>>>select fieldname into &newfieldname
>>>
>>>All my attempts at macro substitution or other techniques have failed.
>>>Is my objective possible?
>>>
>>>Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>>- Don
>>
>>This works for me:
>>

>>newFldName = [NewFieldName]
>>SELECT FieldName AS &newFldName FROM ... INTO ...
>>