--OPEN DATABASE Your database name EXCLUSIVE
>VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER
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>will produce the same error.
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>Initially, it gives you the same error. But if you tell it to go ahead and fix the problem, it will.
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--Are you suggesting that the error could be caused by the column long names???
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>Not at all. Just curious - how many fields do you have in this table?

Long column names are the problem. I took them out and the script worked fine.
If I try to add the long name back I get the error around column 120. By the way this table has 220 columns including 11 memos.