>"the two", meaning local vs. network. How would VFP know the drive is on a network, or a local drive.
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>Mark
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>>>Ah-ha... interesting... how do you suppose VFP distiguishes between the two?
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>>When you say "the two", are you referring to the two aliases for the same table or local vs. networked drive?

The same way Explorer knows. It queries the OS.