>>Without going into all of the details, today, I became aware that the word, "BUCKET" is a reserved word in Visual FoxPro.
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>>Can ANYONE tell me why this is a reserved word?
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>>Thanks,
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>Which VFP version? It doesn't go blue for me in VFP8 so I don't think it is.

It doesn't go blue in VFP9 either, but it is listed in Help as reserved. Most likely, it is a leftover.