>>>Hi All
>>>
>>>Not so strange a question.
>>>I want to test table repair software against corrupt VFP tables.
>>>
>>>Yes, I could use a hex editor and really hose things up. But my goal is to test against tables that are corrupted as nearly as possible as they occur in the field. I need several different types of corruption too, including fpt failures, cdx failures, etc.
>>>
>>>Does anybody know how to go about doing this?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Don Lowrey
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>>Run on a Novell network? < bg >
>
>Now, Now, Now :) - I have a VFP 5 app that has been running on a Novell network for 6 years and it has never had a corrupt table. I can add the fact that it also maintains YTD histories of certain production detail and the record count excedes several million for one of those tables.

Certainly not my experience(s) (note the plurality!!!) with Novell. I had several clients that had repeated corruptions using Novell, we even had it in our office. We replaced the NOS (Novell with NT4), same hardware, same cabling, same everything except for the NOS, and never had any more corruption. It was almost a weekly occurence (for us, daily for a couple of our clients) when we used Novell, try as we might to stay patched and current with each new fix. I can safely say that move was an absolute necessity. YMMV.