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Q139527: How to Create a Table that Has Many Fields of Identical Size

Article: Q139527
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode
Last Modified: 10-FEB-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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Creating tables that contain many fields can be time consuming, especially if
all the fields have the same type and size. With a few lines of code, the table
can be created easily.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following program creates a table called newtable that has 200 fields, each
defined as a character field of size 20:

     lnTblstr="("
     FOR lnI=1 to 200
       lnTblstr=lnTblstr+"FLD"+ALLTRIM(STR(lnI))+" C(20),"
     ENDFOR
     lnTblstr=STUFF(lnTblstr,LEN(lnTblstr),1,")")
     CREATE TABLE newtable FREE &lnTblstr

Additional query words: VFoxWin kbhowto

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Keywords          : kbcode 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

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