What error did you get? I ran your code and it works.

>VFP7/SP1 IDE. I have no DBC open.
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>This works:
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>Create Cursor aoao (col1 c(40) )
>Alter Table aoao add column coco c(40)
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>This doesn't:
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>Select * from freetable into cursor iamfree nofilter readwrite
>Alter table iamfree add column coco c(40)
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>What is the best way to alter a cursor's column schema?
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>Thanks.