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What is the problem of "Bad back link"?
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craigsboyd
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the backlink is a 263-byte range in the table's header that contains the relative path of the table's associated database container (.DBC file) Because the backlink is relative if you rename the database container or move the contained tables or the database container around (say into different folders so they are no longer the same relative to one another) you will get some errors like you are seeing regarding backlinks. When you do your VALIDATE DATABASE make it VALIDATE DATABASE RECOVER instead and it will give you some ability to fix/find missing and/or misplaced tables, indexes, etc.
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