On Mon, Aug 12, 2013, at 10:18 AM, L ALVEY wrote: > I think it wrong that VFP does not catch this error natively, unless I've > missed a SET command or SYS() function.
Well, it has ever been thus, and probably remained thus because that's how dBase worked back in the mists of time. I have to say personally it has never been an issue - if there's ever a situation where it could conceivably happen you have to cater for it in code. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1376299433.14287.8752179.6076b...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.