>Actually I had a different purpose.
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>I wanted to distribute a small application, but NOT include all of the DBF files. I would create them as I need them, then erase the ones not being used.
You might use CREATE TABLE.
Another option is to have the complete database, and then DROP TABLE. Note that an empty table doesn't use up much space.
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