>>I am having a problem with connecting to my database when the database
>>is on the network. This problem started when I changed a field type
>>in one of the tables. I do not have this problem when I use my
>>database on my local drive. Can anybody help?
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>Open the database exclusive and then issue the Validate Database command. Any problems will be displayed in the main fox window. You can also output it to your printer. Check the error messages. It should tell you what's wrong. A lot of problems can be cleared up by removing and then adding back the offending table.
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>HTH

thank Gary for the information...rob