>Can somebody supply some recommendations, with both advantages and disadvantages, about using DBCs?
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>I have never used a DBC, but am starting a new project of some size and would like to at least consider whether this is the time to start dong so.
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>Thanks in advance

About the only disadvantage is that it gets a little more complicated to copy the tables to another location. You can't simply copy the file, because of the backlink to the database. (Unless the destination already has a database with an identical structure for that table.)

I have used databases for a long time; if I had to use free tables, I would sorely miss:

Triggers.

Referential integrity, which also relies on triggers.

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