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BUG: Incomplete APPEND GENERAL Command Doesn't Generate Error

Article ID: 120181

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0a
Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6 Standard Edition
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Standard Edition
Microsoft FoxPro 2.6a Professional Edition for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q120181

SYMPTOMS

Issuing the following incomplete command doesn't generate an error message:

APPEND GENERAL <fieldname>

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

Type the following commands in the Command window:

   CREATE TABLE test (genfld G, charfld C(10))
   INSERT INTO test (charfld) VALUES ('ONE')
   APPEND GENERAL genfld

Note that no error message is generated.

NOTE: If the INSERT command is not run, an "End of file encountered" error message is displayed. This error occurs when the APPEND GENERAL command is used with an empty table.

For additional information about using the APPEND GENERAL command with an empty table, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

110364 ERR: "End of File Encountered" with APPEND GENERAL

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