Thanks to all those who have replied. Question 1 is now solved, and, as I suspected years ago, FILE() IS buggy. Now anyone got a solution to question 2 - for professional interest?
Terry
> USE ( lcOPAPath) In 0 Exclusive Alias OutputA
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>So I have 2 main questions:
>1. Why is FILE() tellling me "porky pies"?
>2. How does that Use manage to open a table other than what it was told to?
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
