Paul Newton wrote: > Many thanks to you both, Ed and Dave > > Having only worked with free tables I have never come across this > problem - and the task I am working in is refactoring some code that was > originally written for FPD ! > > So, I won't ever, ever do it again - I promise ! > > BUT it raises two questions: > > 1. What happens if a CDX gets accidentally deleted outside of VFP ?
Assuming you have another copy of the data, just drop in the .cdx from there (even if the records in the table are different) and reindex > > 2. More importantly - can there ever arise a type of data corruption > whereby DELETE TAG ALL and recreating index tags does not work ? > Data or index corruption? This will work for all cases of index corruption. -- Cheers ============ Brian Abbott ============ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

