>Hi,
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>I never had a problem with the following code when working with the VFP database. But I get error with the SQL Server
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>*-- I get a cursor C_TBLFROMSQL from a table in SQL or VFP (code not shown)
>*-- In this case (the problem) the table is in SQL Server
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>select C_TBLFROMSQL
>local array aDbfStruct[1]
>afields( aDbfStruct )
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>create cursor EMPL_WO from array aDbfStruct
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>*!!!!-- I get error on the following ALTER TABLE line
>alter table EMPL_WO add column SORT_ORD N(6,0)
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>Is the problem on the ALTER TABLE .. ADD COLUMN because VFP does not allow changing structure of the cursor created based on SQL server table?

Yes. You better create extra field placeholders in advance. By default the cursor obtained with the mysqlexec is in buffered mode.