I may be misunderstanding your point. The This.oapplication etc is in the default value, not the fieldname or tablename so as the macro expands I don't see where it would even see the actual default value ( though I do take your point about . being problematic in variables used in macro expansion )
>Hi,
>
>Apart from the other replies the macro is going to choke on the . in This..
>HTH,
>Viv
>
>>cmdstr=[alter table ]+lctable+[ alter column ]+lcfld+[ DEFAULT ]
>>&cmdstr
>>
>>If the table contains any default values with This.
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