Do you want some of my 4 leaf clover? I have never been bit with that one,,,,yet.

__Stephen

>>But why not just use \\the_server\app_dir\data\applications.dbc anyway? I don't see the enhancement for keeping it {dbc} local? That speed as compared to opening the tables and executing any / every view based sql? The worst performance is opening the tables. IMHO
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>The whole point is to get around the 1709 (Database object is in use by another) error. If you have never had a problem with this error, you are lucky. It happens when to people open a view at the same exact time. VFP locks the view definitio record in the dbc momentarily while opening it, and so if your system has a lot of users using the same forms or views, you are likely to get this error from time to time. Implementing a scheme where no workstation shared its view definitions with any other workstation would bypass the problem.