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14/11/2007 20:34:28
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01268865
Message ID:
01269047
Views:
13
>Is that correct? I thought that SQL aliases have nothing to do with A-J aliases for work areas.
>
>>It's a bad idea to use one leter meaningless table aliases in a query. It makes the query totally unreadable. It also could be dangerous because letters A-J are reserved for workareas 1-10.

From my testing, you are correct: Message#1154483

I think using one-letter aliases is a matter of taste as far as readability goes. I use them all the time.
Regards. Al

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