Thanks Jim,

what you said is what I figured. Thank-you for confirming this.

-Arne

>It does not indicate a problem (assuming your table(s) were fine before the REINDEX.
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>When records are added to tables the index can easily "bloat" with 'deadspace' as new field values cause changes to stored index pointers.
>A REINDEX simply cleans that up (removes the "bloat").
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>>Hi,
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>>I noticed that when I issued REINDEX on a few tables (which had not been REINDEXed for quite some time) the SIZE of the CDX file became considerably smaller. Does REINDEX do some kind of optimization that would result in this as a matter of course or might the change indicate a problem of some kind? I can't seem to find any technical reference in MSDN that explains this.
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>>thanks,
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>>-Arne