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From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Clipper 'S87 TYPE MISMATCH
Keywords: TYPE MISMATCH
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.094848.6304@pegasus.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 09:48:48 GMT
References: <1991Jan25.031035.4546@micor.OCUnix.On.Ca> <1991Jan28.125745.19241@pegasus.com> <1991Jan28.233729.10049@micor.OCUnix.On.Ca>
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In article <1991Jan28.233729.10049@micor.OCUnix.On.Ca> mcormier@micor.OCUnix.On.Ca (Michel B. Cormier) writes:
>
>However, I still don't understand why the SELECT 8 was working even with
>the file being closed... Am I missing something???
>
Michel,  Just luck I guess... obviously SELECT 8 is impervious to the 
missing ALIAS problem but why the file was opened there ... it's possible
that you had the file opened twice.  Once in the "real" area where you
used it all the time and accidentally in workarea 8.  You might take a
moment and see if the file is opened in more than one area just for kicks.

tom