>I've got an application written in VFP 3.0 that has been running since 1996 and recently (withing the last 3 - 4 months) I have noticed that there are entire records that are populated with the NULL [ASC(0)] character. It appears to be overwriting the data that was originally in the record.
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>This .exe runs from 5 different servers (4 Novell, 1 NT) to a central data directory on a completely different Novell server. To my knowledge the only thing that has changed on the network(s) is that one of them has gone from Novell 3 to Novell 4.
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>Any ideas would be appreciated - neither I nor the hardware people here have the foggiest clue about where to start looking.

I have had some serious problems with Novell 4. VFP does not play well with Novell for some reason. Make sure you have the latest version of client32, and all the Novell Server settings are properly set for VFP. There is an technical document for doing this on the Novell web site.