>>According to the help: "If the table you specify isn't open, it is opened
exclusively in a new work area..." The emphasis is mine.
>>
>>I hadn't noticed this before (I use APPEND BLANK + buffering most of the time); but now I ask: wouldn't this be problematic for multiuser applications?
>>
>>Is this behavior still so in later versions of VFP?
>>
>>Must the programmer always include something like the following?
>>
>>
>>if not used("MyTable")
>> use MyTable again in 0
>>endif
>>insert into MyTable...
>>>
>Imho, opening a table is a good practice for all cases. Btw, my VFP9 help says nothing about
exclusive opening. Most likely, it depends on SET EXCLUSIVE setting.
Yes, I already confirmed that it depends on SET EXCLUSIVE. It is just that I had taken the help at face value...
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