I'm getting the error message "File '58070939.dbf' does not exist." on the ALTER TABLE statement below; I don't understand how a file created by "COPY TO" could not exist, especially after I have USE'd it. (When the error occurs, the file is open in the current work area).
Could this be related to the OS? I use XP, but my user is in NT.
Any suggestions on alternatives would be welcome. (Note that I
want to use COPY TO, instead of SELECT, because of the current filter, if any -- which SELECT would ignore.)
Thanks,
Jim
lcNewFile=SYS(2023)+"\"+SYS(3)+".DBF"
COPY TO (lcNewFile)
lcAlias='_New_File'
USE (lcNewFile) IN 0 EXCLUSIVE ALIAS (lcAlias)
FOR EACH oColumn IN loGrid.COLUMNS
lcColumn='_Col'+thorn(oColumn.COLUMNORDER)
DO CASE
CASE 'C'=VARTYPE(lcValue)
lcWidth=MAX(60,LEN(lcValue))
ALTER TABLE (lcNewFile) ADD COLUMN (lcColumn) C(lcWidth)
Jim Nelson
Newbury Park, CA