>How safe is to associate a history file with a patient record in a dfb ?
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>Memo or child table or memo field
>( text fields in the same record seems safe but limited)
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>However if I am considering write the history of the patient in a child table
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>Is there great chances of corruption and history exchange among clientes ?
>
>This is the first time that I came across with such a critical software
>
>I would like to here for your experiences and ways to create tables to
>such critical software
>
>Moises

Just to get some ideas:

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http://www.datanetsolutions.org/foxpro.htm
Overview of app:
http://www.datanetsolutions.org/medservices.htm
Try demo (can add up to 20 records):
http://www.datanetsolutions.org/download.htm