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Re: Changing path to table

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From: DALE
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00
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Paul Franks wrote:

> In article <36002A16.90317001@catsoftware.com>, dale@catsoftware.com
> says...
> > In the dos versions, I used a macro to let the user
> > substitute the desired directory...Use &vpath\tablename. Is there a way
> > to do this using the SQL "select * from tablename".
> >
>
> Checkout BDE Aliases and let the user select an alias from a list.
> --
> Paul Franks (TeamB)

  The problem is the end user will create the directories and install the
blank files. There could be many.

Is there a way to macro the whole sql select statement?
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