note that in VFP it is not that simple DELETE TAG ALL will erase relatios in the DBC you have to write something to take care of this (or you can use Stonefield databse tools which has this feature) Arnon : : >When an index gets corrupted, what is the best (quickest, easiest, safest) : way to fix the file? : : DELETE TAG ALL : INDEX ON ... TAG ... : INDEX ON ... TAG ... : ... :