>This does get rid of the table, but then there are the tables's field records to be dealt with. And it appears that when you delete a dbc-table record the objectid deleted is refilled with "the next" dbc-table record. I'm still trying to get a handle on this.

I remember we had a problem similar to yours about a year+ ago, but I forgot how did we solve it :( It was a bit painful as I recall.