Larry Boyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I don't know exactly, but it sounds like you may have a file sitting >around that DBCPLUS wants to use. Most database alteration products >use a standard database name for their alter capabilities. It looks >like DBCPLUS using the name ALTER for the db name and the file ALTER22 >already exists. This could occur if there was some previous failure >or abort during an alteration. > >My suggestion is to look for ALTER@ with Listf and see if there are >any files by that name. If so, delete them with MPEX or some other >means. Then try it. If there are no ALTER@ file names, try @22. There >should be more than just you normal databases in that group. Larry, this is a known problem (SR #5003-276741) with FCLOSE. It has nothing to do with DBCPLUS. It is fixed with the MPE patch MPEHXJ5. Best regards, Steve Patrick HP Database Expert Center