>I see. Yes, I may try to write something like that to apply structural changes. It also helps to eliminate deleted records.
Actually, when the structure between the two versions doesn't change, the table gets copied through a COPY FILE, which is much faster. Of course, in this case deleted records would not get eliminated, so you may want a separate utility to PACK.
On the other hand, checking whether the structure is identical is not trivial; you would have to check field names, types, validation rules, etc., and many more, I think. It is mainly here that I use a VFX function.
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