I posted a longer version of this situation previously, but it may have been mis-titled or included too much detail because I've gotten no responses.
Here's the low down and dirty version:
When you use INSERT INTO.SELECT from a remote data source that includes fieldnames that begin with numbers in the development environment, VFP9 automatically changes the leading digit in the field name to an underscore ('_'). However, when executing the same command as a compiled executable this automatic substitution does not occur and VFP will allow fieldnames with a leading digit to be returned in the resultant cursor. This causes major problems later if you use the remote data cursor to create a new cursor because Foxpro won't allow field names with a number in the first position. ALTER TABLE cannot be used on the remote data cursor and even if you make the cursor READWRITE, the length of the fieldnames can often exceed 10 characters.
My question is this: Has anyone here run into this issue and if so, Is there any another way or procedure around this situation that would allow me to manually fix the fieldnames which start with a number assuming I have no way to change the source data.
Thanks in advance.
Paul
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