> >Can you elaborate just a bit why this works?
>
> Sure. The important part (I think) is turning off garbage

[...]

> Backup/restore creates a new database and stored all the
> old data in it. Structural problems don't survive the
> transition - anything "page level" is totally replaced.

thanks. several mysteries cleared up.

(btw - i'm not the original poster with the problem - just
lurking)

-ns