>>>>I just want to confirm following point: Is any TIME difference between opening table as 1)Exclusive; 2)Shared 3)Noupdate. If yes, what is faster?
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>>>...I worked a lot with LARGE databases - over 100Mg with millions of
>>>records. The fastest in a regular SKIPping is NoUpdate. Then goes
>>>EXCLUSIVE. Shared is the slowest !!!
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>>Thank you. But one more question. If I open tables using DataEnvironment may I use some property to imitate NOUPDATE clause?
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>set readonly to .t. in the table properties after you've added it to the DE...

Thanks a lot