>>>Only if the Database/Application is shadow copy or open file backup aware.
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>>>Not only does the Parent table in a database have to send edits to temporary storage, but so do all child tables and dependencies which then update the main storage tables after the snapshot complete command is issued.
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>>Most backup software that has true open file backup capability has it only for file type that it has a specific client for - the client AFAIK is used to read the data record for record from the supported file type.
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>I've been using "Retrospect", which is a great (but awkward-to-configure) backup software and claims to back up ANY open file. I haven't tested it thoroughly, but so far it seems to back up any DBF file open at the time the backup runs.
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>Pertti

We had a client a couple of years back that used Retrospect with MDB and DBF data. They had serious problems when they finally had to do a restore (they had never tested the restore process). That's when they called us to try to uncorrupt each table.

Make sure you TEST the integrity of restored tables that were actually in use when they were backed up!