>>VFP 6.0
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>>Sometimes VFP lets me have long field names (over 10 characters)in a table and other time it doesn't (limits me to just 10).
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>>example:
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>> one table I have has a field called ''accountingperiod''
>> (16 characters wide)
>>
>> another table will only let me call it ''accounting''
>> (16 characters wide)
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>>Is there a way to make all of my tables let me have fields longer than 10 characters wide?
>
>Tables need to be a part of a DBC in order to have long field names; free tables are limited to the 10 characters as noted.

Dumb question then: Why can a SQL SELECT cursor have long field names? They're not part of a DBC...