>>can you create a cursor with an alias so that use can refer to itby an alias name like: "sele thisalias"
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>Hi Tim,
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>If you create using CREATE CURSOR, the name you give it is the alias, i.e. in
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>CREATE CURSOR MyCursor . . .
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>"MyCursor" is the alias
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>If you create it using a SELECT statement, you assign it the alias name in the statement, i.e. in
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>SELECT * FROM MyTable INTO CURSOR MyCursor NOFILTER
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>"MyCursor" is the alias
>( NOFILTER forces creation of actual cursor, not a filter on original table )
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>If you want, you can use it again with another alias, i.e.
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>USE DBF( "MyCursor" ) IN 0 AGAIN ALIAS MySecondCursor
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THANKS Bill