>What can cause records in a DBF to get hieroglyphic garbage in them?
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>I have some users of my application that are experiencing this problem. 2 different users sent me a CD with their DBFs on it. By browsing these table, I see that there are a few records that contain garbage data.
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>Where should I start looking for a problem? Could this be related to hardware or software?
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>Thanks,
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>jerryt

Aside from making sure that the tables are properly closed, there is a known issue with Novell Netware 4.x/Client 32 corrupting the records. AFAIK, the only solution is to switch from Client 32 to the MS Client for Netware in this case.