>>>>I had an old database which I zapped - then I went onto the web and downloaded a newer version onto my computer and put in in the original directory where the cdx of the old file still remains
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>>>>But if I try to reindex nothing happens - the downloaded file has the same fields as the original
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>>>>Why cant I reindex the downloded file
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>>>Depending on whether it is a free or database table differing link mechanism exist for the "automatic" index IIRC.
>>>In your question file, database and cdx are IMO not correctly described
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>>Sorry old and new files are tables (DBF) = there is no difference between the structure of the 2 tables - I am just trying to index the new table with the index of the old one
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>Make a list of the tags you want, and the DELETE TAG ALL, and recreate them from scratch. That's the right way to reindex anyway.
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>Tamar

I've run into occasions where in addition to the DELETE TAG ALL, erasing the CDX file was also required to make sure that the indexes were created properly (typically you end up getting an error that FoxPro couldn't create the CDX).