Quite simply, ALTER TABLE was introduced in Visual FoxPro, and is not available in FoxPro.
For a workaround, use COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED, modify the array, and the do a CREATE FROM (array).
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>Hello all.
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>I'm getting an "unrecognized command verb" when trying to alter a table in 2.6. Here's my code:
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>select allgqtmp
>alter table allgqtmp add column id c(9)
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>What am I doing wrong???
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>Thanks,
>Sunshine
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