Dawa,

The & macros prevent the compiler from detecting the error.

>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:
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>*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
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