>>>when i try and rebuild indexes on VFP 5.0a or VFP 3.0 on the network disk i get a "disk out of space" error and both help files state that i am trying to extend a file that has no owner
>>>
>>>then i should "assign an owner to the file" first
>>>
>>>how do i assign an owner to a file ?
>>>
>>>do i open it with low level file functions under shared use ?
>>>
>>>we are running NetWare v4 runtime library on LANtastic dedicated Server
>>>
>>>TIA
>>>Dave.
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>>run the Netware program called FILER. It will let you assign an owner.
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>i m running LANtastic so i dont have access to the program FILER ;
>the command which seems to make the error occur is "REINDEX".
>However, if i delete the CDX file and recreate it from scratch the error does not occur. So i guess i can use that as a work around for this problem
>Thanks for the help.
>Dave.


Actually, that isn't a work around...it is much better to recreate the index. Using REINDEX will simply append the new index information to the end of the CDX.