We have had this problem occur when either the server crashes or if network connection is lost. This is only a problem if the files are housed on the server though. There is not much you can do about this situation, except getting a good product such as Stonefield Database Toolkit to help you repair the files.
Good luck and HTH


>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