On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 8:31 PM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am puzzled why (alimport) works for the SQL but not the append from, > but whatever. >
I agree with you that it is un-intuitive that aliases work *almost* everywhere. It's one of those hundreds of FoxPro's "always been that way" things. As others have said, APPEND FROM is ancient nearly-original XBase. While it was updated occasionally for new file formats, the main purpose of the command is a low-level IMPORT (sibling command) from foreign formats and not as a cursor-manipulation command, so it's intended for reading files-on-disk and not cursors. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4vrZjBs2a=gkbq1x3jamgt+q--9ox-1yg7_zjvn2hf...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
