Permissions? John J. Mihaljevic wrote:
I'm having trouble getting my head wrapped around how this works on one machine but not otherselect (fname) use dele file &fnameIf the variable fname has the format "tmp12345.dbf" the select won't work, but the delete will. If the variable fname has the format "tmp12345" the select will work, but the delete won't.The variable fname has the format "tmp12345.dbf." Here's an example: fname="sbp"+right(sys(3),5)+".dbf" The Select works on both machines. Here's an example of that: sele fingoods.part_no, fingoods.rate, fingoods.line, fingoods.bar_diam, fingoods.bar_length,; 0000000 as sold_mtd, 0000000 as sold_qtd, 0000000 as sold_ytd; from fingoods; orde by fingoods.part_no; into dbf &fname The Delete works every time on my machine, but not on the machine in our plant: sele(fname) use dele file &fname John
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