>I have these fields that should be in a table. I want to cycle through them and check if they are. If they are not, then I want to add them. What is the best way to do that?
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>			(	status1 L, ;
>				status2 L, ;
>				status3 L, ;
>				status4 L, ;
>				status5 L, ;
>				status6 L, ;
>				status7 L, ;
>				status8 L, ;
>				status9 L, ;
>				status10 L, ;
>				status11 L, ;
>				status12 L, ;
>				status13 L, ;
>				Assigned L, ;
>				AssignedTo V(80), ;
>				AnyKeys L, ;
>				KeyWords M, ;
>				LastTable M, ;
>				LastIssue I )
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You may use TYPE or VARTYPE to check if field exists, or you may scan through AFIELDS() array; and if field is not there then you use ALTER TABLE to add it.