>>>How can I verify if a field already exists in a table?...
>>>Need to create it if doens´t....
>>
>>If it does not exist, add it
>>

>>If Fsize("MyField") = 0
>>   Alter Table MyTable Add Column MyField C(10)
>>EndIf
>>

>>
>>Another:
>>
>>If it does exist, drop it
>>

>>If Fsize("MyField") > 0
>>   Alter Table MyTable Drop Column MyField
>>EndIf
>>

>>Exclusive of course.
>
>I've looked at Help on ALTER TABLE and I don't see if it requires exclusive access or not.

Yes it is


>Also, does your code require to have the table opened? And why do we have INDBC(.. ) for the field? What good can the value return if it doesn't tell which table?


I don't know:-)