>>>>>Can anyone give me some examples where using a reserved word for a field name or variable causes problems?
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>m=5
>>>>CREATE CURSOR m (m i)
>>>>? m,m.m
>>>>SELECT 0
>>>>? m,m.m
>>>>USE
>>>>

>>>
>>>Fabio, aren't you missing the point? Victor is referring to reserved words, not to 'variables'.
>>>
>>>

sdsm=5
>>>CREATE CURSOR m (sdsm i)
>>>? sdsm,m.sdsm
>>>SELECT 0
>>>? sdsm,m.sdsm
>>>USE

>>
>>You are sure?
>>
>>m it is the shorter reserved word.
>
>Well, try my code and you'll see that it gives exactly the same results as your code...

And the name of the cursor ?

sdsm=5
CREATE CURSOR m (sdsm i)
? sdsm,m.sdsm && this m have to be the table name because table fields 
* it has precedence regarding the variable ones.

SELECT 0
? sdsm,m.sdsm && you cannot print m.sdsm field here
USE

Another simple example

m=CREATEOBJECT('textbox')
? m      && this not fire the error
? m.name && this fire a error
? m.m.name