>We have to have a table with fields in a specific order to upload to a mainframe. The field names do not matter, just the location of the fields. I want to be able to take any table that has 52 fields with each having the correct data type and size and add 4 fields to it in a specific place. I looked a the FAQ and one answer I found referred to a bubble sort but that is to complicated for the number of fields. The problem is other table fields may have different names and record size is too large for an array (which is what got me here in the first place). I currently use SQl with space() as fieldname to add fields, into array and append from array, but data is too large for array. Any ideas?
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>Thanks, Chuck

Chuck,
Data itself might be large for an array but structure is never. Create a cursor from an array where you set the field order as you like and do an append from, copy to.
Or even utilize 'set fields to ...' command. ie:

use customer
Set fields global
set fields to company,;
    cust_id,;
    myCalculated=MaxOrdAmt/5
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Also after a select (readwrite cursor) you might use alter table to add,drop,rename columns.
Cetin