I am sorry guys who replied to my initial message. The sample bug code wasn't true representative of the my actual code. Here is a better one and see if you can compile it with a syntax error:

*bug.prg 
LPARAMETERS m.lpcAlias,m.lpnid
		SELECT &lpcAlias..filenum ;
			&lpcAlias..a, ;
			&lpcAlias..b ;
			&lpcAlias..c, ;
			&lpcAlias..d, ;
			FROM  &lpcAlias ;
			ON &lpcAlias..id = m.lpnid;
			INTO CURSOR curTemp NOFILTER 

Now save the code as a prg and compile it however you like. I do not get a syntax error.

Dawa

>Dawa,
>
>If I type this into a MODI COMM window:
>
>

select a, ;
>       b, ;
>       c ;
>       d, ;
>  from mydb!table1 ;
>  into cursor curjjj
>

>
>And then:
>
>1) save the prg I get the error: "Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword" because I have compile before save checked.
>
>2) select Program, then Compile from the menu, I get the error
>
>3) highlight the command in the editor and do a rightclick, execute selection, I get the error.
>
>This is in VFP6 I can't test in 8 at the moment.
>
>>Hi, all,
>>
>>I just noticed this. If I have a SQL stement as follows:
>>
>>

>>select a, ;
>> b, ;
>> c ;
>> d, ;
>> from mydb!table1 ;
>> into cursor curjjj
>>

>>
>>When I save the prg, it does not tell me that there is a syntax error. But when this line gets excuted I get
>>"Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword." message. I am using VFP 7. Is this a bug in the compiler? If so, is it fixed in VFP 8? It would be more productive if VFP told me that there is a comma missing or there is an extra comma, then I can fix it right on the spot. Instead I have to debug, get an error, stop the debugger, find my prg, find the line, then look for the syntax that caused the error. It's time consuming when I have alot of fields, in the above like statements, to go through the process. On the other hand, once discovered, it is easily fixed in the code.