What solution, other then change my field name, can I use?

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>VFP has a maximum field name length of 10 (unless table is inside DBC).
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>>We are doing a transfer of data from VFP database (DBC) via a remote view with ODBC. What we are doing is transfer data to an another table.
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>>Select ViewFld1 as MyLongNameField1 from ViewRemote into curosr MyTmpCursor
>>select MyTable
>>Append from dbf("MyTmpCursor")
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>>The result of my cursor cut the field name to 10 chr. (MyLongName)?
>>Why? Is this normal?