Hey Mark,

Thanks for the info -- sounds like a good plan, I'll give it a try.

Steven-

>If you right-click on the SDTExplorer toolbar area, you should get a pop-up menu. One of the choices is to display the version. I am using 6.0d. However, I do not recall having the problems you are having. I would run GENDBC and get a complete set of code needed to regenerate the DBC and all its contents [e.g., tables, views, indexes, etc]. The GENDBC app is found in the HOME() + [Tools\GenDBC folder].
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>Then drop the problem children from the DBC, cleanup [pack] the DBC. Then run VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER. Then bring up SDT and validate the meta data. Exit SDTE and open and pack the SDT meta data tables. Now run only the code from the PRG file generated by GENDBC needed to add back the problem children you removed. Finally, bring up SDTE again and see if all your efforts fixed the problem.
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>As always backup all the data and meta data before doing this so you can retry if something goes really wrong.
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>>Hmmm...good question. I don't find an 'About' selection in the SDExplorer or Explorer Properties interfaces but I see a "5.1j" in the splash screen when loading.