>>You already figured this out, didn't you? [re: 10 Things to Avoid...] You can't create a persistent relationship between views [remote or local]. Create another view for this or open both views, create indexes the SET RELATION.
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>Yeah. I think I need to add it to the VFP7 wishlist though. I mean, there is no reason I shouldn't be able to use the dbc to define indexs and such on views, is there?

Indexes would be nice. relationships I could do without. FWIW, SDT allows you to define indexes that are created when a view is opened.