>>I have a database that seems to be running fine. When I issue VALIDATE DATABASE, it rebuilds the index and then I start getting messages "Alias [alias name] Not Found". If I click OK, the validation continues and then finishes without problem. It even tells me that the database container is valid. If I open the tables that VFP is complaining about before I run VALIDATE DATA, there is no problem. In some instances I will get the same message for the same table several times. This behavior is the same when issuing VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER. It is almost as if there are references to indexes or relations in the DBC that can't be resolved.
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>>I can't seem to be able to fix it. Opening the dbc and browsing it does not seem to do the trick because the information is too cryptic to hack. Anybody have any ideas?
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>That's often one of the indexes that causes that non-critical error. Check out all the indexes and see if there's a reference to a table prefix or a variable somewhere.


Bruce,

That was the answer. It was driving me crazy for days! Thanks.

Jim Weil