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Fixing corrupted table
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows 2000 SP3
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
00972234
Message ID:
01006317
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I still can not open the database file. How else can I attempt to fix the database file (DBC)?

>Try dropping your indices first. In some occasion this causes the problems.
>
>You can delete your index file and open the dbf in VFP. VFP will notice this and still open the file (without the index).
>
>Try this on a copy (of course).
>
>Regards,
>Ron
>
>>I downloaded CMRepair utility and ran it against my tables. It shows NO corruption. I don't know who to believe, FoxFix or CMRepair. At least with CMRepair I can sleep better <g>. But I wish VFPT would come up with a tool to check VFP tables for corruption.
>>
>>>Why do you think that table is corrupted? Why do you think that header is corrupted?
>>>
>>>>I need to fix a corrupted VFP database table. I suspect that the table header is corrupted. I have a questions:
>>>>
>>>>I created a new table of the same structure using the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>select DBF_EXIST
>>>>afields( aDbfStruct )
>>>>create table DBF_NEW free from array aDbfStruct
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Then I scan the corrupted table and copy all fields to the new table. Then drop the existing table, and rename the new one.
>>>>But at the end the corruption is not fixed.
>>>>
>>>>I thought that by creating a new table, VFP would create a new header and the problem would be fixed. Yet, it does not work that way.
>>>>
>>>>What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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