>Well, I deleted dcx and then did exclusive open on dbc. It recreated the dcx. Then I did validate recover. I lost about 10 views, which shouldn't be hard to recreate. I had a backup, but it was too old to go back too. Thanks for alerting me to the repair utility from stonefield. I hope someone writes a book on how to use some the stuff on stonefield sdt. Thanks again
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>Nick

Glad to help. BTW, try using the update utility from Stonefield to recreate those views. The metadata dictionary and any references in the dbc might bring them back. (Backup the data before you attempt this one!)