> >>
> >>Records are being misteriously marked for deletion when they shouldn't
> be. EVEN MORE MISTERIOUS - THESE FILES WON'T PACK; NO ERROR - THEY JUST
> DON'T GO AWAY.
> >>
> 1&2) Good Lead. I know the files have been rebuilt and the indexes too -
> but I don't think the indexes were deleted before they were rebuilt.
> 3&4) I didn't think Fox would let you PACK unless you had exclusive use of
> the table. Set exclusive is set to on however. They are using a NOVELL
> 4.x LAN under Windows 3.11. The developer has been using NOVELL 4.x under
> Windows 95 though.
> 5&6) I don't know about SHARE.EXE - I'll look in to it. All the files
> are kept on the LAN. The project has been rebuilt at least twice with
> minor program changes during this period but I'll try a rebuild all.
>
> I'll let you know what I find. Thanks again. I've got a big deadline on
> another project and I just don't have enough time right now. I REALLY
> APPREACIATE YOUR SUGGESTIONS!

The quickest fix to all that is to COPY TO a temporary table and deal
with all anomalies using that table. After all is clear and resolved, -
wipe out the old table/indexes and COPY TO using the old name.