Rick

That gives me the file does not exist message too.
Thanks for the effort

>>The code below has been running since 2003 on WinServer3003
>>
>>When testing it on win server 2008 the ALTER TABLE command fails with the message that
>>"File C\windows\temp\1\xxxxxx.dbf does not exist"
>>I can select that cursor but I can't execute the ALTER TABLE command
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
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>>

>>SELECT a_slips
>>  = AFIELDS(la_rptcur)
>>  CREATE CURSOR rptfile FROM ARRAY la_rptcur
>>  ALTER TABLE rptfile ADD COLUMN rte_base N(5, 2)
>>

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>I don't know the cause, but try this workaround to see if it fixes it:
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ALTER TABLE (FULLPATH(DBF('rptfile'))) ADD COLUMN rte_base N(5, 2)