Microsoft KB Archive/224988

= FIX: CREATE FROM Command Incorrectly Assumes .dbf Extension =

Article ID: 224988

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224988



SYMPTOMS
The CREATE FROM command incorrectly assumes that the table used to create a new table needs a .dbf extension. For example, when using the following syntax:

CREATE [Table1] FROM [Table2]

Visual FoxPro mistakenly assumes that Table2 needs a .dbf extension added to it. If the file already has an extension, Visual FoxPro 6.0 appends the .dbf extension to the end of the table name; therefore, an error appears.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
  Create a program that contains the following code: USE HOME(2)+"\data\customer" COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED TO test.STR USE CREATE customer2 FROM test.STR  Run the program.

The last line of code causes the error:

File Test.str.dbf does not exist.



Additional query words: KBDSE

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbxbase kbdatabase kbvs600sp3fix KB224988

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