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Removing a deleted table from the DBC
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01185922
Message ID:
01186077
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>>>>Anyone got a quick way to remove table references in a DBC after the table has been deleted? Or do I need to USE the DBC and do it manually?
>>>>TIA
>>>
>>>You could use REMOVE TABLE command. This way all references will be cleared.
>>
>>Edward,
>>the problem is that if the table does not exist then remove table generates an error and does not remove the reference. Same thing with drop table.
>
>OPEN your database exclusively.
>
>Then do VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER
>
>it will give you the option to remove the missing table.

Fred,
I never knew of the RECOVER parameter. Maybe I should read the help more often.-) Thanks, it did the trick asking if I wanted to remove the references.
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John J. Henn
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