fileProODBC (was Re: filepro wish list)

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Sun May 1 08:32:52 PDT 2005


On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 05:55:13PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> [... fileProODBC ...]
> > > Secondly, filePro only uses it's indexes. If the data is modifed by
> > > the external means, you will have to run dxmaint before using an index.
> > > In essence, you have to treat all indexes as demand indexes that are
> > > only as good at the time you create them.
> >
> > And on a busy system, that could be outdated by the time you finish
> > creating the actual index.  Useless in that kind of situation.
> 
> In which case, you can use low-level access, and take complete control.

And we're back to "and I can't utilize the primary investment I have in
filePro: the kilo-hours I've spent writing my code".

Why is it that that continues to be unobvious?

The emperor's *really* naked, guys; no crap.

Cheers,
-- jra
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