>I've a strange behavior with an index:
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>The index is: ALLTRIM(CharField) + DTOC(DateField)
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>When I "append from othertable" with the same structure, the seek function does not find the record, if I issue REINDEX command, Seek function works fine!
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>Thank's in advance,
>Nuno Pedro
You should NEVER use an index with a varying keylength. Better index on:
CharField + dtos(DateField), or, if you insist on using ALLTRIM(), on something like:
padr(alltrim(CharField) + dtos(DateField), 30).
See also the help for dtos() - it is more appropriate, for indexing, than dtoc(). (Or use dtoc() with the second parameter - 'tis the same thing.)
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