>they are mostly accounting apps running in XP with 5 to 10 concurrent users, not mission critical, encryption is not a must, and not web based.
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>my other question: does table corrupt happen very often? should users do indexing everyday?
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>regards,
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>Jerry

We do not experience this problem at all (to speak of). If a user has reasonable hardware, network connections and equipment, and uses some common sense in exiting applications and shutting down their workstations in a normal manner then you will not have problems. We have thousands of users and rarely see this problem.

Reindexing files is not a preventative measure to index corruption. You just need a little user education. Given your scenario you should analyze the cost vs. benefits for making a move to SQL. In the end this is as much a business decision as a technology one.