>Can not tell you when it was introduced. Ourself found it not long ago (6 month, one year?), and we had high hopes that this would solve a recurring problem we have since long time, but we are not sure if it helped.
According to Andy Kramek it was introduced in VF8:
http://weblogs.foxite.com/andykramek/archive/2005/03/21/197.aspxThanks God I didn't need it, but you deserves many stars here (from me), no matter if Dragan could open external table before internal one.
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.