Hi Zakaria,

my rule of thumb is to always prefix my own defined constants with my a prefix I never use elsewhere, personally I use TB_ .

>>Is table still open with alias policy but not selected or it's closed?
>>
>>>>What's the real name of the table? If the table name includes illegal characters than alias it's open under will not be the same as table name.
>>>
>>>AFAIK the real name of the table doesn't include any illegal character (BTW what are those illegal characters). I have included a .h file in the program with the fullpath to a table :
>>>
>>>#define unitlinked "h:\general\2004\blryear.dbf"
>>>
>>>In the program I do then :
>>>
>>>

>>>use unitlinked in 0 alias "policy"
>>>use reinsurance in 0
>>>select policy && doesn't select table
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>So my previous post wasn't complete....sorry for that.
>>>
>
>I found that "policy" was also defined as a constatant in my included file. So that is the reason why it doesn't select the table I wanted.
>
>Thanks both of you for your time