Has it been used under a different alias?

USE MyTable ALIAS MyOtherTable

If so have to use the alias.

Otherwise, maybe a datasession problem, is it in a different datasession?


>Here's an odd one I've come across, and I can't figure out why this happens.
>When I use an If...Then to check for a table being open, before opening it,
>the if doesn't trap; it goes right to the open statement and then I get an error, "File Already Open".
>
>Sample:
>
>if !used('sometable')
> use sometable in 0 exclu
>endif
>
>I also tried it the other way,
>
>if used('sometable')
> select sometable
>else
> use sometable in 0 exclu
>endif
>
>The 'if' clause fails in both places. Any ideas?
>
>Bob Ohrstedt
>Cleveland, OH
>www.rjoassoc.com