Isn't that more or less what I said, David???

Cheers,

Jim N

>Jim,
>
>TABLE corruption is a completely different issue. If the table is corrupted INDEX ... and REINDEX will both create index tags that have the corrupted data values.
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>>I feel that there is no doubt an application for REINDEX. Sure, it will mess up when your table has corruption, but what about the 99.9% of times when your table is in "normal" shape?
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>>When a table has corruption you are probably into a whole different procedure anyways - one where DELETE TAG ALL etc. would be prescribed.