Hi Rex.

Sorry for the delay in my reply -- I was at a conference last week.

>Unable to validate VIEWNAME. Do you wish to continue validation?
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>after I create a three table view using SDT.

This usually occurs when you have the underlying tables for the view open exclusively in the default datasession, so SDT can't open them in its private datasession. The solution is to type "CLOSE TABLES ALL" in the Command window, then try again.

>When I attempt to run this view, the first time I get a message that one of the view fields is not found. If I then try to open the view again, it opens normally.
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>By the way, I get the same behavior in native VFP.

That's kind of weird. What's the SQL statement for the view?

Doug