>>>If I do "OPEN DATABASE tripsoft VALIDATE", it tells me it's invalid. The only problem I've noticed is that whenever I make a change to a table it tells me, "Can't update the cursor". But it mkes the change to the table, anyway. I don't know what cursor it's talking about.
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>>>So how do I make the database valid, or isn't this something I should be worried about?
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>>>Thanks,
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>>>-Michelle
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>>When you make a change to a table within a DBC, you need to change any views and update/key field flags. This is probably the *cursor* referred to.
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>I'm not following you. Why is there a cursor just because I need to go and update things after changing the table?
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>Thanks,
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>-Michelle

You should run VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER. Make backup first.
Cursor is just a word to indicate that something (usually data, but not necessarily cannot be updated).