Microsoft KB Archive/87688

= PRB: &quot;Not a Database File&quot; Error Using a Database File =

Article ID: 87688

Article Last Modified on 9/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.0
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for MS-DOS
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b
 * Microsoft FoxPro 2.5a
 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q87688



SYMPTOMS
Attempting to open a database file in Microsoft FoxPro fails with either a

Not a database file

or a

Not a Table

error message.



CAUSE
The database file header has been corrupted.



RESOLUTION
Even though FoxPro includes no method to rebuild the damaged database header, several third-party database-recovery utilities are available. Some utilities are listed in &quot;More Information&quot;.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about performing table maintenance using FoxPro low-level functions, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

135905 How to Retrieve Records that were Previously Zapped

The following list of database-recovery utilities is provided for your convenience. Products are listed in alphabetical order by product name. None of the products on the list is recommended over any other, nor over products not on the list. Please notify us of any additions, updates, or corrections to the list.

These utilities are supported by the third-party developers that wrote the utilities, not by Microsoft. The utilities on the list below have not been tested by Microsoft. The products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

dSalvage

Comtech Publishing, Limited

P.O. Box 12340

Reno, NV 89510

Phone: (702) 825-9000

DTools

EL Software

3809 Plaza Drive, #107-360

Oceanside, CA 92056

Phone: (619) 439-6617

Fax: (619) 439-9612

HeadFix or QuickFix-2

Hilco Software

11266 Barnett Valley Road

Sepastopol, CA 95472-9555

Phone: (707) 829-5011

Fax: (707) 829-5710

MemoPlus

Rory Data International

17 Thornburn Road

North Potomac, MD 20878

Phone: (301) 251-0497

Fax: (301) 258-6862

Recover 3.0 Abri Technologies

126 Blue Jay Rd.

Pierre, SD 57501 USA

Phone: (605) 224-0660

Web site: http:\\www.abri.com

Additional query words: data corrupt damaged salvage dbfix norton 3rd third party list listing errmsg err msg not a table/dbf

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB87688

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