>>Hi:
>>
>> I've always been used to work with free tables since FPDOS 2.0
>> Until now I've always used a small routine to check if any of
>> the tables were "accidentally" erased and prompt the user
>> if the table should be recreated.
>>
>> Databases are making this process a nightmare!
>>
>> 1. If a table is erased you can't do a REMOVE TABLE, VFP will complain
>>that the table is not on the disk and cannot remove it from the DBC.
>> 2. If I create the table while the DBC is open VFP complains that there is already a table with that name in the DBC.
>>Actually the table is added but it is not opened, when I USE it and recreate the index an error remains in the DBC
>>
>> After 3 mugs of coffee and a pack of Marlboros I found this:
>> Given MYDATA.DBC contains TABLE1.DBF which is index on field F1
>>
>> ** Emulate the "table accidentally erased by user dilemma"
>> ERASE TABLE1.DBF
>> ERASE TABLE1.CDX
>>
>> OPEN DATA MYDATA
>> CREATE TABLE TABLE1 (F1 C(5))
>> ** error 1571 is triggered, I trap it and don't let the user know what happened.
>> ** Although the error is triggered the table is created and added to the DBC.
>> ** Usually CREATE TABLE leaves the table opened but in this case it doesn't.
>> USE TABLE1 && CREATE TABLE did not leave it open
>> INDEX ON F1
>> ** error 1561 is triggered. "Database is invalid. Please validate."
>> ** VALIDATE DATA will not fix the problem unless RECOVER is used.
>> ** Needless to say RECOVER cannot be used within a program!!!
>>
>> The table and the index seem to be usable but the error inside the DBC will remain.
>>
>> IMHO the perfect solution would be to do a VALIDATE DATA RECOVER programmatically, another one for the Tahoe wishlist.
>> Sorry for the long post, but I guess it's better 1 long post with a lot of info that a long thread with all the info scattered. :)
>>
>>Any ideas are welcome and greatly appreciated.
>>
>>TIA
>
>Take a look Stonefield database tools, for VFP this should help with the problem..

Hi Tony:

I downloaded a demo their DataBase Toolkit. Although it has a lot of things
the demo doesn't show strong features of what I really need. Aside from the
fact that I can't afford the $250.00 right now.

There must be a good clean way of recreating DBCs whose tables have been deleted.
I'll keep experimenting.

Thnx