>>>>>>Thank you. I may break the query just to be sure that the user has access to the second database. Also, I don't like to use the DB name in the query (it would be hard-coding it). I prefer to use a handle.
>>>>>
>>>>>Nope, you can not use handles.
>>>>>You must use DataBaseName :-)
>>>>
>>>>I wonder if I can use a pseudo name for the DB so that I don't have to hard-code it in my query.
>>>
>>>Nope, you can't.
>>>But you can create Synonyms in you database to create instance of table from other database and then use that synonym like table.
>>
>>Could you, please, give me an example on how to create a synonym?
>
>CREATE SYNONYM schemaname.SynonymName FOR DataBaseName.Schema.TableName
>
>Than you can use it:
>
>SELECT * FROM YourTable
>INNER JOIN schemaname.SynonymName ON ...
>
Thank you. Is CREATE SYNONYM a VFP command or SQL Server command? ( I cannot find it in VFP help)
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