>>Hi everyone..
>>
>>How can I verify if a field already exists in a table?...
>>Need to create it if doens´t....
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>Carlos Burgos
>
>Carlos, here you go:
>

>llFoundIt        = .F.
>lnFC            = FCOUNT()
>For I = 1 to lnFC
>  If FIELD( I ) = lcFieldILookFor
>      llFoundIt = .T.
>  EndIf
>EndFor
>
>If not llFoundIt
>  ... Code to create field in table
>EndIf
>

>
>Terry

Why not get out of the loop once you found it? Though it would be using "premature exit" :)