SELECT Command

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Activates the specified work area.

Syntax

SELECT nWorkArea | cTableAlias

Arguments

nWorkArea

Specifies a work area to activate. If nWorkArea is 0, the lowest-numbered unused work area is activated.

cTableAlias

Specifies a work area containing an open table to activate. cTableAlias is the alias of the open table. You can also include a letter from A through J for cTableAlias to activate one of the first ten work areas.

Remarks

By default, work area number 1 is active when you start Visual FoxPro.

Note   Fields in tables open in any work area can be included in Visual FoxPro commands and functions. Use the following formats to access fields in a table open in a work area other than the current one: alias.field or alias -> field.