>Was playing around with the Set TableValidate. I have a question.
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>According to the HELP file with VFP 9, the default value is 3. So is that BIT NUMBER 3 or BIT VALUE (Additive) of 3 (1 + 2)??? My thought is it is BIT VALUE or 3 (1+2)

Yes, you're correct.

>Right now, according the MS VFP9 Help file, BIT VALUE 4 openes a table in the same manner as versions prior to VFP 8. That is what we are going with right now.

The bit value 4 has no effect on opening tables w/o bit value 1 set. From the help: "Requires setting the first bit to validate record count when opening a table". IOW, value 5 validates the header on open if header can be locked. The bit value 4 alone does nothing which is the same as 0.