Hi Sylvia.

>I have wonderful RI rules on my new dbc. Next step, import from old application. If I attempt to append files, RI objects because valid keys don't exist since some files aren't appended yet.
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>Any advice on turning it off and on?

You can turn off the calling of the RI code (without touching the code itself) using DELETE TRIGGER and recreate them after using CREATE TRIGGER.

Doug