I tried to import the records from other tables in the database, either using:

select cust1
append from c:\branch1\data\cust1.dbf

or

select * from c:\branch1\data\cust1 into cursor cust2

after that I always get errors when open my own databases.
but if I import the records from free tables, no error.

I guess there must be some link between the records and it's original database.

how can I kill the link?

thanks for the help

regards,

Jerry