Monica

>>Is there a flag you can put into file aattributes to make
the server do a straight write-thru and not caccche the
data??<<

Use the TableUpdate() function much more liberally.
You can also create 'autosave' routines; ie: when the user
goes to the next record.

On the hardware side look at disk mirroring and disk
stripping (?) to back up your data on the fly.

Tom