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Could too many memo fields cause a problem?
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Visual FoxPro
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
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Thread ID:
01132864
Message ID:
01132907
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>>I am concerned about something.
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>>I have to add a memo field to a table that already has 3 memo fields. The table is now about 300,000 records and will probably grow to a million. I am concerned that the table might become susceptible to corruption having too many memo fields.
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>>Is my concern justifiable?
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>I think each additional Memo field slightly increases chances of corruption and memo bloat.

Yes, this is what I am concerned about. I really need to start working on moving the data to SQL Server database.

Thank you for your input.
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