>Hi:
>I have the following problem. I have an SQL statement something like this:
>
>cSelectStat = "select "+lcfields +;
> " FROM a "+;
> " left Join b On b.fieldpk = a.fieldfk "+;
> " left Join c On c.fieldpk = b.fieldpk "+;
> " left Join d On d.fieldpk = c.fieldpk "+;
> " left Join e On e.fieldpk = d.fieldpk "+;
> " left Join f On f.fieldid = e.fieldpk "+;
>
>&cSelectStat into cursor curtemp readwrite
>
>select curtemp
>
>And it returns me an error like this after executing the last statement: File ‘curtemp.dbf’ does not exist.
>Is this a setting in FoxPro that I’m missing or something? Are there any instances it will fail to create a cursor? From what I understand that even the records set return no records that cursor still exist.
>
>Please advise.
>
>Thanks,
>Jan

Did you end your command with + ; ?

If yes, then the next line is going to be a comment too.

Anyway, it's much better for debugging purposes to write your query like

text to lcSQL textmerge noshow
   select <<lcFields>> 
   from ....
   LEFT JOIN ...
endtext

lcSQL = chrtran(m.lcSQL, chr(13)+chr(10) + ';','  ')