Thanks for the pointer, Rick. That is what I need - I'll get back with the results. There is too much in here to assimilate in 1 day's sitting -)

>Jim,
>I guess that eliminates my "upgrade to 6.0d" response. Have you tried looping through the tables programatically to see if you can determine which one(s) may be causing the "updating"? Just use the oMeta.oSDTMgr.SelectTablesToProcess() to fill an array of all the table names, and then loop through them, using the table name in oMeta.oSDTMgr.NeedUpdate().
>
>Rick
>
>>Hi Rick,
>>
>>All tables are in a DBC, all code page values = 1252. SDT.app compiled and running under VFP6 SP5 BTW.
>>
>>>Jim,
>>>Are you using free tables or ones part of the DBC? Check to make sure all your tables have a codepage value not equal to 0.
>>>
>>>Rick
>>>