> > How can I create , by program, the back link for a table to mark it as > belonging to a database ? > Is it only possible with the instruction "VALIDATE DATABASES RECOVER" ( But > it runs only by the Command Windows) ? > > thanks > > Alessio Look at my RebFpt.zip in the files section, it does it. The database name is stored in the table header at position FirstRecordOffset-623 or something like that (once you code it you forget these silly numbers) and should be null terminated. Look at the hex dump of any table, and look at the end of the field description entries, it's just after that.