Hi Jim,

I can see that you didn't get any help on this. I am also having the exact same problem and it's driving me crazy. Have you found any solution to this by yourself ?

Best Regards
Torgny Gerthsson



>A little more information about this:
>
>The message I got said DBC internal consistency error.
>At that point, many of the tables in the database designer view showed ?? instead of field or indices names.
>
>I was unable to exit gracefully, kept getting error messages. Finally I killed VFP using the task manager.
>
>VFP help says:
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>An internal database error has occurred.
>
>The database is corrupt.
>Try VALIDATE DATABASE to diagnose or repair the problem.
>
>The database container index (.dcx) is corrupt or not synchronized with the database container file (.dbc), usually as a result of an abnormal system shut-down.
>Rebuild the index by closing the database, deleting the index file dbc_name.DCX, and reopening the database.
>
>If the problem is not corrected, record your recent actions while using Visual FoxPro and then call Microsoft Support
>
>Thanks for your help.
>Jim