>>>Sergey,
>>>
>>>Thanks a million. Guess I'll need to make a change in my code.
>>
>>I've avoided arrays for years just for this kind of reason. They never were unlimited. They are It always resulted in unfortunate crashes - no matter how long the code's been running - which has NOTHING to do with how good it is.
>>
>>Now that they're virtually unlimited (in VFP9), I still see little point in them.
>>
>
>unlimited! sure ?
>
>DIMENSION x(10000000000)
>DIMENSION x(1000000000)
>DIMENSION x(100000000)
>release x
>DIMENSION x(500000000)
>release x
>DIMENSION x(400000000)
>release x
>
"Virtually" is similar in meaning to "almost". The idea is that for practical purposes, there is no limit - something which you may, or may not, agree with.
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