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

Hi Al,

I have no objections to one leter table aliases unless they are VFP reserved words. The 'one leter meaningless table aliases' are different story. Using them in a query is the same as using following proceduaral code (yes I've seen such code in real life)

SELECT A
USE mytable1
SELECT B
USE mytable2
...
* Somehwere later
SELECT B     && At this point it's impossible to tell what table code is refering to w/o going back and finding USE command.