>if open a table that is contained in a database (but i do not know
>which one), is there a way to find out what the "containing database
>pointer" is ?
>
>is there a way to update that pointer ?
If you explicitly open the database, dbc() gives you the name of the selected database. However, if you only open the table... well, I don't know. The database is available (for stored procedures), but not actually selected, and dbc() returns an empty string.
HTH, Hilmar.
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