Doing a SELECT * FROM Filename simply opens the table with another alias .. in other words, it's the same table.

FYI...WHen you try to use RECNO() in a SELECT with multiple tables, the results of RECNO() cannot be trusted. See the Help file for more information.

>how can i view the record nos along with the table
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>sele * from filename does not allow me to view the recordnos, neither does
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>sele fieldname1,fieldname2,recn()