Thanks Nancy! It was that simple. I noticed before deleting the DCX file that the file size was 0. After deleting this, I now could open the database and go on with my task at hand. Again, thanks a bunch!
John.
>While I suspect it won't be this simple, I have sometimes had luck simply deleting the DCX file (the index) and reopening the database.
It's "my" world. You're just living in it.