Thanks for those Gerry.

Jim


>Re: "cache management", check out these Articles ... They're W2K server-side settings that seem appropriate, at least as it might relate to data corruption.
>
>

>How to Manually Enable/Disable Disk Write Caching
>Q259716
>
>Write Caching Settings for Hard Disk May Not Persist After You Restart Your Computer
>Q290757
>
>Possible Data Loss After You Enable the "Write Cache Enabled" Feature
>Q281672
>

>
>>In any case, it looks strongly to me that there is a problem with Win cache management techniques vis-a-vis VFP-style write/update.