>>>>>>>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)

SQL Server one.