Hi Thomas,

What I meant was:

LOCAL MyComponents
MyComponents=1
...
select ... INTO CURSOR MyComponents
?ALIAS()
...

Thanks,
Aleksey.
>Hi Aleksey,
>
>>If it is a name table issue, declaring a local variable with the same name ("MyComponents") may help.
>
>One of the things I tested in "my" version of the problem was copying the path and alias names into locals before running the "use": it made no difference. pls. see my other answer for more detail.
>
>tia
>
>thomas