>I tried to import the records from other tables in the database, either using:
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>select cust1
>append from c:\branch1\data\cust1.dbf
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>or
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>select * from c:\branch1\data\cust1 into cursor cust2
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>after that I always get errors when open my own databases.
>but if I import the records from free tables, no error.
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>I guess there must be some link between the records and it's original database.
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>how can I kill the link?
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>thanks for the help
>
>regards,
>
>Jerry

For the second case add NOFILTER (or READWRITE). I don't know how do you manage to introduce an error in the first case. Is cust1 a cursor?