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Q165171: DOC: USE Command Incorrectly Documented in Help File & Manual

Article: Q165171
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): MACINTOSH:3.0b; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdocerr kbvfp
Last Modified: 11-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a 
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Macintosh, version 3.0b 
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SUMMARY
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The online Help and the "Visual FoxPro Language Guide" both show the separator
between database name and the table name in the USE command as the period (.).
This is incorrect. The separator should be the exclamation point.

MORE INFORMATION
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Type USE in the command window. Highlight it and press F1. The following is
displayed as the syntax:

     USE [[DatabaseName.]Table

Also the second paragraph under Arguments incorrectly says the following:

  To open a table not in the current database, qualify the table name with the
  database name, using a period (.) to separate the database and tables names.
  If you don't qualify a table with a database name, Visual FoxPro can open
  tables only in the current database.

Note that the period should be replaced with an exclamation point (!).

REFERENCES
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For more information about the correct notation, please see the following
article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q131265 Use Exclamation Mark (!) Notation for Precise Referencing

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbdocerr kbvfp 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300bMac kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP500a
Version           : MACINTOSH:3.0b; WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a

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