>>>>Hi Michel,
>>>>
>>>>How about posting something about the app used to keep track of those 1400 tables and development in general.
>>>>
>>>>;-) Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>For those who might not have seen it, we have an application which has been entered in the list of VFP World Wide applications which contains 1400 tables. Quite impressive!
>>>>>
>>>>>You may access that section at: http://www.levelextreme.com/VisualFoxPro
>>>
>>>Alex;
>>>
>>>That is a monster! Just think about backup and restore? No, better not! :)
>>
>>Hey, my PC has over 20,000 files... I back it up all the time.
>>
>>Speaking of which, I understand SAP R/3 has on the order of 20,000 tables...
>
>Al;
>
>The fun of backups. I had a brand new 3 M formated tape and backed up a system. The system crashed that weekend so I went to do a restore after resolving the hardware issue. The tape was defective and there was no data. I have no words I wish to express about that experience.

Been there, done that, suffered the hair loss.