From: NSpamPlease_rodney1@bellsouth.net   
      
   Rick,   
      
   I suspect you are not getting a bunch of responses because your question is   
   vague.  Your problems could be simple or they could be very complex.   
      
   Multiple aliases....  Hmmm... Alias can be created during an applications   
   startup based on certain criteria or the application could simply use   
   existing Alias's that are static and expected to pre-exist.  Aliases can   
   depend on what kind of data source you're using... SQL, Paradox, etc...   
   Some Aliases could be pointing locally for a specific reason.   
      
   Depending on how the Paradox application was written... successfully   
   changing the Aliases for the data sources could be simple or very complex.   
      
   Some of your applications code might be pointing to directories in a "hard   
   coded" manner... and some might not be....   
      
   No one here really knows... and if you just started to mange this system...   
   chances are that you don't know either.   
      
   I'd recommend this... if the system is running OK.... don't do a thing to   
   it!   
      
   Instead, reproduce the application on a separate system and then start   
   reverse engineering it so you can get a better understanding of what it is   
   doing.   On your replicated system, then try changing Aliases, etc. if you   
   still want to consolidate the data....  test it there first.   Once you get   
   it working correctly... then transfer the changes to your working system.   
      
      
      
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