>Allan,
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>>But, a simple 'use' and 'browse' of a dbf should not append a 'a' (not _a) to the field name.
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>Just shooting in the dark, but maybe you are using "browse last" and in the previous browse the name of the field was changed? I know is not likely, but can't think of anything else
I thought that the foxuser might have been the source of the problem and deleted it earlier.