Thanks John & Bob,
Oh, that dbx was a typo...should have been dcx. But as for my problem, I couldn't open/use/compile the dbc at all (same error). So I had to delete the dcx and VFP recreated the index automatically when I opened the dbc again. It works now. Thanks for your suggestions.
Allen

>Ack. Can you open it at all? If so, you could do a VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER. I don't think there's such a thing as a DBX file...DBC,DCT,DCX. If you can't even open the thing at all, backup your files and try running a COMPILE DATABASE. It might recreate the index.
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>>I get an error when trying to open my dbc that the index does not match the table. It tells me to delete the index file and re-create the index.
>>My question is how do I do this properly? I'd hate to delete my .dcx and then be screwed. How do I re-index a dbc? Can someone confirm the procedure so I get my database back? Thanks in advance.
>>Allen