>>I did:
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select distinct ttod( a.from ) from ( lcFile ) into array laTmp

>>
>>Since the table currently only has values 10-10-2003, this should have given:
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laTmp[1]  "10-10-2003"

>>but it gave:
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laTmp[1]  "02-02-2003"

>>I did a lot of debugging, couldn't explain what was happening and we thought with a laughter "well, maybe it's an easter egg, translating bin 10 to dec 02". :)
>>
>>In fact, what was the cause?! I forgot to specify the a behind lcFile. And there was a similar table open in workarea a! The record over there indeed had 02-02-2003.
>>
>
>Just want to point out that using A as an alias is generally not a good idea. Much better to use the actual alias.
>
>Tamar

Tamar;

How many people do not know about workareas A-J? That can hurt. :)
It is safer to never use a single letter alias.

Tom