At 16:47 2017-04-20, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:

EVAL() is pretty brief.

When you have four parameters of a method call using it, it seems much longer.

Consider standardizing the alias, for example,

USE (aliasstr) alias TARGET AGAIN IN 0

Now, the report can refer to Target.fieldname with no need to wrap it in a function.

Interesting, but it does not fit my pattern (described next).

Of course, the actual problem you're trying to solve might be more complex. Please share.

I use an alias of the name of the program running in front of any specific name so I can see where a table/cursor was opened. I just bit the bullet and did it anyway.

It sure would be nice if (aliasasstr+".colname") worked.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko