>>>What's the difference and/or similarities between FLUSH and TABLEUPDATES? Can it be used together?
>>You should use both...
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>just "flush" useless with VFP. But "flush force" writes cache. If you use sql-server flush force useles too. you can only use tableupdate with sql-server.
I am still using VFP 6, which doesn't have the FORCE option. I think that using only FLUSH has reduced data and index corruption significantly, but I guess with a later version I would probably investigate your suggestion.
What is FORCE supposed to do, BTW?
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