ZAA_ should not cause any conflict, I guess, or ZAAZ_ ? I really envy your initials. :-)

>>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_ .
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>Hi Tore,
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>I was already thinking how I could prefent this. Thanks for the tip, I'll implement that.
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>>>>Is table still open with alias policy but not selected or it's closed?
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>>>>>>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