>This is probably a fairly basic level question, but here goes...
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>Occasionally I will encounter a situation where the Used() function will return .f. for a table/cursor being in use, but attemting to then use the tested table fails with a "file is in use" error. The problem is intermittent.
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>What would cause this to occur?
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Hi Margaret;

At this point you can see what the ALIAS() function will return.. Maybe it is a different alias name..

HTH

Claudio