>well thats odd...
>i wrote the command for the general table then i still got the error but when i checked it again it didnt have the index so i wrote it and saved.
>got the table error again.
>so when i checked the index its gone. it saves and every time i run my program...it disappears

Ken,

Try looking hard for gremlins - it sounds to me you have a lot of them in your area.