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WARNING - SYS(2015) BEHAVIOR!!!
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00159053
Message ID:
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>Some of you may remember that the help for the SYS(2015) command suggested that to generate an 8 character temp table name, use the following:
> SUBSTR(SYS(2015),3,10)
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>Today the 3rd digit of SYS(2015) is a "0" (a zero). If you have based your temp table naming logic on this, it will break because an alias cannot start with a numeral.
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>The third digit will be 0 until November 11, >> 1999 <<.
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>If your users are all of a sudden calling you with weird problems, this may be a clue.


We found it!!!! At 40+ sites yesterday. Was a very fun day.


Wayne
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
"The only things you can take to heaven are those which you give away" Author Unknown
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