Hans: if you type "SET ANSI OFF" before attaching, does that help any?
Karen > I end up with a "R:Base eXtreme 9.0 (64) has encountered a problem and > needs to close" error and Windows wants to call home. > > Following is my process (using R:Base eXtreme 9.0 (64) with the latest > updates installed): > > - Connect a R:Base 9 database > - Attach a DBF table, no index > - receive error msgs that reserved words are being used and I update > each of those when it pops up with an acceptable field name. When it is > through, it comes up with the Microsoft problem. > > What am I not understanding that is creating this error? > > I am not using an index, yet, just wanting to open the DBF table. This > problem exists if I want to open a 52MB table or a 1KB table. I keep > getting the Windows error message and R:Base crashes/terminates. R:Base > opened the file or it wouldn't have known about the reserved word usage > for the column names. > > Thoughts, please? > > Thanks, > > Hans Manhave
