>Hi All,
>i am trying to create a new cursor with fieldnames located in a dynamic array. the code i use is as follows:
>
>create cursor gracur(&alabels[1] N(10))
>if alen(alabels) > 1
> for i=2 to alen(alabels)
> newcolm = str(alabels[i])
> alter table gracur add column &newcolm N(10)
> endfor
>endif
>select gracur
>append from array agraph
>
>every time i run this it gives me a syntax error on the first line. if this is not the way to do it, how can i go about setting up this cursor??
>please help!!!!
>
Jordan,

Why not simply use CREATE CURSOR Whatever FROM ARRAY myarray? The only thing you'll have to do is make sure that the first column of the array is the field name, the second the field type, third field length and fourth number of decimals if applicable. That will allow you to set whatever field names are required and avoid macro expansion.