>I tried to include the following code a run-time executable:
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>open database MyDatabase exclusive
>validate database recover
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>I keep getting error that this requires that database is open exclusive. It is, from what I see.

I don't know why, but this works for me:

close data all
set exclusive on
open database mydbc exclusive
validate database recover

As if it's open twice, and the exclusive clause doesn't apply the second time, but then Set Exclusive On takes care of that.