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filePro People,<br>
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I just noticed a very strange thing but it makes sense in a way.<br>
<br>
Once a week I build a demand index with the oldest stuff in a very
large database. I then run through that index and delete items
until I run out of time.<br>
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So I have an index with some items deleted and some not.<br>
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What I just noticed is that when new records are added into the
slots where records were deleted, they seem to be included in the
index. It makes sense in that the index has record pointers. The
data is not in sorted order but it is picking up the data on the
record as if it should be in the index.<br>
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I offer this as a caution that if you are depending on a demand
index to remain the same, you may be surprised if you are deleting
records to find new records in their place in the index.<br>
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I am not entirely happy with this behavior but I can understand the
cause. In all the years I have been using filePro I never noticed
this behavior before and thought it worth mentioning. I can't
decide if I would qualify it as a bug or what.<br>
<br>
Nancy<br>
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Nancy Palmquist
Owner
Virtual Software Systems - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.vss3.com">www.vss3.com</a>
(412) 835-9417</pre>
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