Not sure if I understand your request well.

If one table is missing, the data is damaged and you have to resort to a backup.

If we speak about controlling (or even upgrading) a DBC, the best tool I know is xCase. It will rebuild an empty table for you it it is missing.

José

>Is there a way to get the table paths from the DATABASE (DBC)
>I tryed to use the ADBOBJECTS with tables but this only returns
>the name with out the path. When I used the DBC I saw a memo field
>that conntained the path and table name in it. I was hoping for
>a simple VFP function that I have missed.
>
>Charles