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>Tamar;
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>That would be a fun problem to track down. Work areas 1-10 and the A-J issues can be avoided.
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>I will only use a unique name for an alias. I have seen too many people get bit by the use of A-J aliases and I also consider such usage too cryptic. Additionally, I have had to solve problems where a developer used an alias name more than once from different data sources.
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>I have worked with VB programmers who use one letter aliases. That combined with the use of “Me” references seems self centered! I had better stop before I offend someones "standards"! :)
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>Tom

Tom, I agree its a bad idea for no other reason than simply that "a" is meaningless as a file reference while an alias eg "Debtors" is meaningful.