Try opening the back end database directly, and giving it a compact/repair:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact/Repair.
That should fix it if the problem is caused by a bad index.

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Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
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>I am trying to create a link table from a database over a LAN which
>contains
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> database to link up with the table? I am using Microsoft Office 2003.