Help with "ERROR: Global (variablname) already defined"

Bruce Easton bruce at stn.com
Tue Jul 24 08:29:15 PDT 2007


Boaz Bezborodko wrote Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:09 AM:
> 
> I'm calling another table from within and input program and I want to 
> pass a variable.  The called program has the variable defined as DECLARE 
> GLOBAL while the program that is calling it has it defined as DECLARE 
> EXTERN.  Is this why I'm getting the error?  Are these supposed to be 
> reversed?
> 

Yes. (To your last question.)  Look at the help page on the Declare 
command.  Note that when using EXTERN, you do not follow the name(s) 
with "(length, edit)".

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.


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