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Where does it make sense to use BINARY index option
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Title:
Where does it make sense to use BINARY index option
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01043681
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VFP 9 introduced the new BINARY index option. In reading the online help, I noticed that BINARY indexes can not (among other limitations) be used for SEEK's.

I assume BINARY indexes can be safely used in SQL SELECT WHERE or HAVING clauses but NOT in SQL SELECT GROUP BY or ORDER clauses. Does this seem like a valid assumption?
SELECT ... WHERE MyBinaryIndexField = somevalue
Is there a best practice list of scenarios where BINARY indexes make sense?

Thank you,
Malcolm
Malcolm Greene
Brooks-Durham
mgreene@bdurham.com
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