It's not true. The FREE TABLE command doesn't care if DBC is present or not. It opens a table low-level and clears the DBC back link.

>My point is, you can't free the table if you can'topen the DBC.
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>>>Put the check for the variable in the OpenData method. That way the DBC can't even be opened if the variable doesn't exist.
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>>>>It wouldn't help. All you have to do to bypass it is issue FREE TABLE command.
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>>You don't need DBC to open table after FREE TABLE command.