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When I build a view 'x' based on table 'y' and then modify the structure of table 'y' does view 'x' break?
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Yep... And as far as I know, the same behavior exists in 7. This is one of the reasons I think RV's are a bad idea...

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I ended up buying Stonefield to solve this problem with VFP 5 and 6.
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If one is using RV's, SDT is a MUST HAVE TOOL. Unless you know how to hack the DBC and recover, SDT is the only prayer you have of not not losing your view definitions.

I should have mentioned this sooner in some earlier threads. Thanks for bringing this up.