>According to the help: "If the table you specify isn't open, it is opened exclusively in a new work area..." The emphasis is mine.
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>I hadn't noticed this before (I use APPEND BLANK + buffering most of the time); but now I ask: wouldn't this be problematic for multiuser applications?
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>Is this behavior still so in later versions of VFP?
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>Must the programmer always include something like the following?
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>

>if not used("MyTable")
>  use MyTable again in 0
>endif
>insert into MyTable...
>

Imho, opening a table is a good practice for all cases. Btw, my VFP9 help says nothing about exclusive opening. Most likely, it depends on SET EXCLUSIVE setting.