>Hi John
> I know how to use the select ommand. I can do a [ selct rac ] when my form
>opens and get to my data. I can close the form. Then open the form again and
>rac is no longer open, the error msg is [ can't find rac ], it is as if when
>the form closed it closed all the workareas, even the ones that were opened
>else where in the prg. I can get around this my doing [ select 0 ; use races
>agian alias rac2 ] I never closed rac, it just got closed by vfp. Still need
>help. Thanks

John,

Are you using a private data session? Or are the tables in the DataEnvironment set to AutoClose?

Renoir