>Hi
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>I am getting error messages that tell me a variable does not exist from lines of code where the variable is not used.
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>If I define a local variable of that name on the line before my code line then I have no problems. Can anyone point the direction to correction this odd behaviour
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>Regards
>Geoff Scott

Geoff,
Are you sure error is on lines where variable is not used ?
-There might be typos like forgetting quotations
-Having parentheses around a name where name is the table name itself. ie:
select .. from (myTable) ....
-Indirect references (actual error is not on the line but somewhere else). ie: thisform.show and a form element
Cetin