I posted a message about a problem that I am having and have received
several replies.  I'd like to throw in something odd that I discovered.

To recap, I have a view that links on one column.  This column is the only
common column in the pair of table.  For most of the rows the data shows up
fine however, on some rows the data in one row does NOT show up.  The data
IS there, when you look at the component tables, and when you dump it out
from those tables.  It just does not show in a report based on the view -
or the view itself.

The common, linking column is a client id.  The view links a master table
with a child table that holds a record of services rendered.  The only
consistency I see is that if one row of a certain id shows all the data,
then all the rows will, and if one is missing all will be.  An oddity,
which may or may not be significant, is that the data is not completely
masked.  Rather the first 4 letters in the field show up.  The field is a
note field.

Several messages suggested that this might be database corruption and I
should unload and reload the database.  Although this will have to wait
until tomorrow evening, I was able to do some checking.  Pack has no
effect.  RScope shows nothing wrong with the database.  I tried dropping
and recreating the view.  No help.  Weirdest of all, there is another view
based on these two tables, with the same linking column, and with that
field.  In that view the data shows up!

Does this still sound like a database corruption?
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