odbc works with free tables

>Thanks Larry, but what you suggest is beyond the scope of our app. Although we operate a WAN, this particular app is designed to use free tables only, located on local and LAN drives.
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>Further to my original message, it has been observed that when the chr(0) damage affects large blocks of records, a
>simple copy of the table appears to rid it of almost all the errors.
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>Q: Does this suggest a physical problem?
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>Strange indeed.