lc_FoxCode = _FoxCode _FoxCode = "" use (lc_FoxCode) exclusive index on CMD tag CMD additive index on ABBREV tag ABBREV additive index on upper(ABBREV) tag U_ABBREV additive index on upper( alltrim(ABBREV) ) tag UA_ABBREV additive index on TYPE tag TYPE additive index on upper(TYPE) tag U_TYPE additive index on deleted() tag DELETED additive use _FoxCode = lc_FoxCodeAfter that I reopened the table (shared) looked at the structure and funnily all indices were gone (I think there is always a backup around). So I quit and opened VFP6, had a look at the table and found the indices. I made a reindex just to be sure, and after closing VFP6 and reopening VFP7 the indices are where they belong.