Should it be possible to design an application so poorly that files in the product's own format get corrupted? That's giving the vendor quite a pass IMO.

>Not sure I totally agree with this. I have rarely seen DBF corruption and I've always been able to trace it to:
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>- Poorly designed applications
>- Hardware issues
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>>Jerry, if you're seeing dbf corruption, you need to move away from dbfs.
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>>SQL Server is one popular option, including its freeware Express version for a small customer. MySQL is another popular open source option.