>>lines away from "Select 5 --- Use ThisDbf" was always a nightmare for >>me. Not in my routines (I've always used aliases), though, but had to >>maintain some others at times. > >Yeah, but in the old days, 'Select A', 'Select B' was about all we had. Sure, I remember when we had only ten, then 22, then 225... still, as soon as aliases came up, I've simply forgotten these. A and B are the worst meaningful names, aren't they?