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>>>>how to create field name more than 10 characteres ?
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>>>Borislav gave you the right answer. However, I strongly advice against it, since it may cause you a lot of problems later. To quote Marcia Akins: "You may do it that way, but arsenic is usually quicker".
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>>I am considering this very same issue for some existing tables I have. Please explain what the issues are, or can you point me to some resources that explain what can wrong.
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>You will run into problems if you remove the table(s) from its container, and if you use COPY TO or another command to create a copy of the table. I seem to remember that there are other issues as well. Using long field names is on my list of things to avoid "at all cost".
Well, these issues are understandable, even to be expected given what we all understand about for FoxPro works. This can all be managed, once understood.
However, one could interpret your initial reply (as I did) that the data might somehow become corrupted or something, or that the dbc was unstable, etc.
I assume you are not implying this knid of issue, right?
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