• *environment_definition_tables Function
• *page Function
• a5_Active_Link_CreateReadOnly Function
• a5_active_link_refreshdefinition Function
• a5_activelink_convert Function
• a5_activelink_createdefaulttable Function
• a5_audit_trail_deleterecord Function
• a5_batchactivelinkcreate Function
• a5_batchactivelinkdefine Function
• a5_batchpassivelinkdefine Function
• a5_check_tbls_sets_exist Function
• a5_convert_activelink_to_named_connections Function
• a5_copy_table Function
• a5_copy_tablefiles Function
• a5_create_table_textmode Function
• a5_createactivelinktabledialog Function
• a5_createmapdefn Function
• a5_createpassivelinktabledialog Function
• a5_csweb_gettables Function
• a5_cvt_to_alias_physical Function
• a5_display_tableset_info Function
• A5_DUPLICATE_TABLE Function
• A5_EDIT_STRUCTURE Function
• a5_find_mismatchedfields Function
• A5_FixDBFFieldNames Function
• A5_ForceCloseTables Function
• a5_generate_xbasic_importtotablefromfile Function
• a5_genericTableCRUDAction Function
• A5_Get_Filter Function
• a5_get_passive_link_tables Function
• a5_get_table_ptr Function
• a5_has_serversidequery Function
• a5_import_into_table Function
• a5_insert_table_field Function
• a5_is_activelinktable Function
• a5_is_crosslevel Function
• a5_is_mappedtable Function
• a5_is_passivelinktable Function
• a5_list_tables Function
• a5_load_speed_glossary Function
• a5_nativetablename Function
• a5_new_table Function
• a5_new_table_set_genie Function
• A5_PACK_DICTIONARY Function
• A5_PACK_TABLE Function
• a5_passivelinktabledatasource Function
• a5_prompt_for_tablename Function
• a5_prompt_local_tablename Function
• a5_qb_sp_report_metadata_passivelink Function
• a5_qrb_createpassivelink_sp_report Function
• a5_refreshactivelinkdialog Function
• a5_refreshpassivelinkset Function
• a5_ServerSide_FilterOrder_Get Function
• a5_sizetabletofit Function
• a5_table_by_example Function
• a5_table_delete Function
• a5_table_editor_toolbar Function
• a5_table_menu_enable Function
• a5_table_openview Function
• a5_table_removefiles Function
• a5_table_rename_low Function
• a5_table_set_exists Function
• a5_table_set_zip_send Function
• a5_table_statistics Function
• a5_tablearraypopulate Function
• a5_tableedbyex_tbar Function
• a5_tableisindatabase Function
• a5_tables_enum Function
• A5_TableSizeToFit_Dialog Function
• A5_WildcardSelect Function
• A5_ZAP_TABLE Function
• a5cs_get_tables Function
• a5cs_prompt_surrogatekey Function
• a5cs_promptfortable Function
• a5cs_promptfortablemulti Function
• CHECK_INDEXES_FOR_TABLE Function
• CREATE_TABLE Function
• DBF Function
• EOF Function
• gettabledata Function
• RECCOUNT Function
• recdeleted Function
• RECNO Function
• SearchTables Function
• STRIP_TABLE_PATHS Function
• TABLE and DB Functions Contrasted
• TABLE Function
• Table Menu Functions
• TABLE_CHOOSER_ACTUAL Function
• TABLE_IS_EMPTY Function
• TABLE_REMOVE Function
• TABLE_RESTRUCTURE Function
• TABLEAVG Function
• TABLECOUNT Function
• TableFinder Function
• TABLEMAX Function
• TABLEMIN Function
• TABLESUM Function

DBF Function

Syntax

Arguments

Table_Name

Optional. Default = Primary table. The name of the Alpha table.

Description

DBF() returns the name of the current table. Specify an optional Table_Name to test a table other than the current one.

Example

Suppose you are combining records from two tables (using the Append operation), but want to keep track of the table into which each record was originally entered. Before appending the tables, add to each a new character field, eight spaces long, called DB_NAME. Then, use the Update Operation Genie to insert the table name into each record, using the following update expression:

? dbf()
= "Customer"

After you perform the global update, each record contains the name of the table in which it was originally entered. Now you can combine the tables into one file without losing track of each record's origin.

See Also

• Table Functions and Methods
• FIELD()