>>>Why? Why, why, why? That hasn't been a limitation of foxpro files since the Reagan years! It certainly isn't a limitation of SQL!
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>>Cursors are limited to ten character field names because they don't live in a DBC.
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>Nope. This works:
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>CREATE CURSOR whatever (Thisisaverylongfieldname C(10))

Yup, you're right. The function name threw me, and I what I intended to type was that the free table that (I'm pretty sure) gets created is limited to 10 char field names. I'd do a quick test to confirm this if I could get to any of my SQL Servers (arrrghhh, what happened?!).