>Dmitry,
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>Forgive me if I have the wrong end of the stick, but if a table already is open in your datasession, won't another attempt to USE it even with a different alias throw a "file is in use" error? Don't you have to use the AGAIN clause if you want to open it again?
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>IOW all you have to do is USE your table and CATCH the "file in use" error if it's already open. If it is already open under a different alias from the one you want, you can USE AGAIN to open it with the alias you want.
John,
I am sorry I misunderstood your message (I have 2 big projects open, the telephone rings every 10 min, I have tons of paper work to do, so I am not careful in reading the messages, sorry). I re-read your message and see what you mean. You are of course correct. Therefore I need to rethink my approach. Thank you very much.
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