LOL :) I *tried* to warn you :) Thats what the previous thread covered. Thanks for investigating the problem. Its nice to know I am not hallucinating :)

Unfortunately I am trying to read tables generated by another application that still uses them so I cannot rename them. So thus far the best solution appears to be copying to a temp file and then accessing. The low-level driver has the same problem with long filenames. I haven't had a chance to try and nail down the problem in the code.

I have also contemplated using Win32::ODBC or Win32::DBIODBC and using the native VFP drivers. I have also not had an opportunity to try to implement this.

Again Thanks for the attempt, I appreciate it.