Subject Re: User BDE Alias From Ketan G <ketan_gondhalekar@aol.com> Date Sun, 06 Aug 2023 10:06:18 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Yes, the code below is what I tried just a few minutes after my original post and this works fine, plus another advantage is that the table does not have to be prefixed with the database name in colons. Thanks all for the help and suggestions. Ketan Ken Mayer Wrote: > > The other solution to this is: > > open database somealias > set database to somealias > > then: > > select * from abc > > should work. By using the "set database" command you are pointing to > that specific database, and that's what dBASE will use other than the > current folder. Just opening it isn't "enough". > > Ken > > -- > *Ken Mayer* > Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase > The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp > dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm > dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm > dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm > dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: > http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm >