>I opened the a database with "OPEN DATABASE d:\vfp\vmp\vm.dbc EXCLUSIVE" and then executed "VALIDATE DATABASE". I got the following output:
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>Validate Database VM:
>Rebuilding structural index.... Index rebuilt.
>Object #32 (Relation 'Relation 1'): Cannot find associated Index referenced by this object.
>
>
>What is object #32 ?????
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>I copied the database and tables to another directory. I opened the copied database with "OPEN DATABASE d:\vmpsample\vm.dbc EXCLUSIVE" and then executed "VALIDATE DATABASE". I got the following output:
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>Validate Database VM:
>Rebuilding structural index.... Index rebuilt.
>Object #11 (Table 'generatepk'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #17 (Table 'users'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #24 (Table 'userprefs'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #32 (Relation 'Relation 1'): Cannot find associated Index referenced by this object.
>Object #33 (Table 'reportcatalog'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #43 (Table 'lookuptypes'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #52 (Table 'lookups'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #109 (Table 'statesprovinces'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #149 (Table 'parts'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #225 (Table 'invoices'): Invalid primary key property.
>Object #262 (Table 'lineitems'): Invalid primary key property.
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>Why does copying a database to a different directory create all of these problems and what are all of these object numbers ???
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.

If you open DBC file like simple table: USE data1.dbc
you will see ObjectId field from where all # were taken.