>>I like TYPE() or FIELD() with the alias:
>>
>>TYPE('myalias.myfield')
>>or
>>FIELD('myfield','myalias')
>
>This is the most robust idea I have seen in the thread. There is always the possibility that it is both a field and a memvar.

Absolutely. All the possible ways to do something should be examined, although maybe not as thorougly as this was ;). But then, there should be one safe, fast, robust way and that should be a standard practice.