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>Hmmm... Warren said that a REINDEX brings the indexes back in synch.
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>Now a REINDEX effectively does an internal DELETE TAG ALL and then rebuilds indexes based on the TAG info saved before deleting it.
>Since the index **IS** repaired by the REINDEX, why in the world would the other way provide any better result????
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>To me there is far too much FUD spead here about REINDEX. I'd bet that 99.9% of the time REINDEX works just fine.
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>Now, my only guess on this problem by now is that the .CDX inquestion is not a "structural" index, but I freely admit thatit is a VERY long shot indeed.
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>>I think Sergey's advice is good. Open Locations.dbf. In the command window, type LIST STATUS TO MyFile.TXT (this is your list of associated TAGS and their KEYs. Then [for each tag], DELETE TAG MyTag. Then Index (not reindex) each tag according to the KEY specifications in MyFile.TXT.
>>HTH
>>>All indexes are CDX's as the table name like location.dbf and location.cdx.