Thx Guys

>Robin,
>
>Yes
>
>You might adress
>

>*open
>OPEN DATABASE first.dbc
>OPEN DATABASE second.dbc
>*activate first
>SET DATABASE TO first
>
>*use will respect acitve dbc
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>USE somedbf ALIAS FIRST_DBF
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>*use in specific dbc (first is active)
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>USE second!somedbf ALIAS Second_DBF
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>*in sql select / insert update
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>SELECT Cur1.Field1 F_First,Cur2.Field1 F_second  FROM First!somedbf AS Cur1 INNER JOIN Second!somedbf AS Cur2 ON someexpression
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>*XBase like append etc will respect the local alias
>
>*close a specific on
>SET DATABASE TO first
>CLOSE DATABASES
>

>
>If first and second differ only in path, you have to specify the path all the time.
>
>HTH
>Agnes
>>Hi
>
>>
>>I have two seperate applications with two databases.
>>
>>I've used wide field names for my tables in both, if I want to append records from one table in one of the databases to another table in the other database, and the structures are the same, will it transfer ok.
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>>I'm just concerned that sometimes when a table goes "outside the database" , all the extended features of the table are lost for example file names get truncated.
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>>Can I open the two databases at once?
>>
>>TAI