>Whilst setting up a Table to save the form control positions, I used the following code
>UPDATE ControlProps SET Left = oControl.Left,;
> Top = oControl.Top,;
> Height = oControl.Height,;
> Width = oControl.Width WHERE Name=oControl.Name
>
>which generated an error on compiling. By changing the Table field name to nLeft and the update expression to nLeft = oControl.Left, it compiled perfectly.
>
>It appears that the word 'Left' is causing the error when other language 'names' are OK.
>

Since LEFT JOIN is legal SQL syntax, LEFT is a reserved word. That's probably why the compiler is complaining.

As you probably already know it's never a good idea to use reserved words for identifiers, but especially reserved words that are part of the syntax of the command in question.