PRB: Long Field Names Interfere with the Append Command

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Code to Demonstrate Behavior

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* Program: APNDTEST.PRG                                              *
* Purpose: Demonstrates what happens when adding data from a free    *
*          table to a table that has long field names and that is    *
*          part of a database.                                       *
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CLEAR
CLOSE ALL
CLEAR ALL
CREATE DATABASE testdbc
CREATE TABLE testtab (Cust_First_Name C(15), Cust_Last_Name C(25))
CLOSE DATABASE
CREATE TABLE testtab2 (Cust_First C(15), Cust_Last C(25))
INSERT INTO testtab2 VALUES ("John", "Henry")
INSERT INTO testtab2 VALUES ("Ralph", "Willingham")
INSERT INTO testtab2 VALUES ("George", "Weatherford")
OPEN DATABASE testdbc
USE testtab in 0
APPEND FROM testtab2
BROWSE TITLE "Looking at table TESTTAB - Press ESC to continue!"
WAIT WINDOW "Cleaning up test files."
CLOSE ALL
ERASE testdbc.dbc
ERASE testdbc.dbt
ERASE testtab.dbf
ERASE testtab2.dbf