>>In any case, if indbc() returns .t., and the table physically exists as a file, then no doubt it should be in the database container, but it is hidden somehow in the database viewer. To see the table object there, try this:
>>- copy *.db* files to test directory;
>>- set default to test directory;
>>- modify (yourdatabase), and review it in the database viewer;
>>- remove objects from the database one by one and see if the object you need appears.
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>Yuri,
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>I've done that and the table didn't appear and moreover Arrange and Find Object menus are now greyed out. I think there is no other way as to try to free the table and re-add it. I'll lose all my long names, but I can re-create them again, I think.
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>Thanks again for your help. It just shows that you need to be careful using CREATE TABLE FROM ARRAY ... and always examine the array first.

Can you just use COPY TO command ?