>>I use clipper .dbf as a free tables in my application and create CDX files, In case my clipper application is still using that dbf, can I seek the record without reindex the CDX ? .. thank you very much
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>you can "SEEK" with clipper on a table indexed with a CDX and you do not need to reindex the CDX file.
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>i am referring to clipper 5.2
>i do not know if previous versions of clipper support this ability
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>HTH , Dave

I think you may be referring to a RDD driver. I believe Winan was referring to a .ntx (Clipper) index.