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Fixing ERROR[42S02] [Microsoft]... Error Message

Title: Fixing ERROR[42S02] [Microsoft]... Error Message Question: Are you encountering an error message while trying to open a table created in FoxPro database? Or is the table displaying records in an unreadable format? Answer: Are you encountering an error message while trying to open a table created in FoxPro database? Or is the table displaying records in an unreadable format? If the answer for any of the above questions is 'Yes', then most probably, your table is corrupted. The records saved in the table become inaccessible after its corruption. To overcome such table corruption scenarios and to access the table records, a FoxPro database user needs to restore table from an updated backup. But, with the inaccessibility of database table backup becoming a common issue, the user is not left with any option but to repair the database table. To do so, a user needs to opt for an effective DBF File Repair application. To illustrate the above table corruption situation, consider the below error message that appears while opening MS Visual FoxPro 7.0 database table stored on a network: ERROR[42S02] [Microsoft][ODBC Visual FoxPro Driver]Not a table The records saved in the table become inaccessible after the above error message pops up. This further prevents the user from performing any other functions on the table. Note: The same error message appears when table corruption occurs in a DBF file created with dBase III application. Cause: Few main causes for table corruption are unexpected database/system shutdown, virus hit, application corruption, and concurrent modification by two or more users. Resolution: To get past above MS Visual FoxPro 7.0 table corruption error message and to access its records, a user needs to follow the underneath guidelines: In case of backup availability, the user can restore the table from an updated backup. In case of absence of table backup, a user needs to repair the corrupted table. To do so, he/she needs to opt for a third-party DBF File Repair software. Such file recovery tools incorporate advance repair methods to repair MS Visual FoxPro 7.0 database components. The software comes with a detailed user-manual that enables FoxPro users to understand the repair process and to perform it systematically. The DBF Repair tool is totally non-destructive and performs repair without making changes to the original DBF file.