>I can't create a persistent relationship between tables in a new database that I have created.
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>Some background: VFP3.0 for Windows, tables existed as free tables in this project, but were just added to a new database. Database is opened exclusively when I attempt to create persisten relationships using drap and drop.

What does it do when you try?

Did you remember that the key in the child index must be defined as primary for DBC relationships to work?