>>>>How the heck do I remove an alias from a free table?
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>>>Removing an alias? What do you mean?
>>>Cetin
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>>I have a free table named 'Groveall'
>>I assigned an alias to it in my app. eg - >> Use Groveall alias LocalCrime
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>>Whenever I try to access the groveall table from the command box I get an error unless I open it using the name plus the alias as indicated above. With the alias used I cannot add the table to the database, which is what I want to do. So, if I can remove the need for the alias, I can add the groveall table to my database.
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>Aliases are not permanent assignments. I think you mean you get an error like "table is in use", "alias in use" etc.
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>use in 'LocalCrime' && closes the table with alias LocalCrime
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>Adding to database is one time job.
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>close data all
>open database myDatabase
>add table groveall
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>Cetin

No luck yet. I did exactly as you instructed, but I get this message "Alias LocalCrime is not found". I suppose I could delete the table and create a new one in the database.

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