Cindy Winegarden wrote:
> One more comment - USE IN Alias will throw an error if Alias is not open. A
> really safe way to close tables is
>
> Use In Select("Alias")
>
> What this does is selects an empty work area if there is no table/cursor
> named Alias open at the time, which won't throw an error, and if Alias is
> open then it will be closed.
>
> Of course, you "know" your table is open but good programming practice
> suggests that we should never assume anything and we should program to avoid
> errors or handle them gracefully.
Hey, that sounds worth of a tip publication!! (Knowing that it was
published....) ;-)
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