>>>>I have come across a very strange case with a customer where 2 users are using the same application (I verified by version number), looking in the same folder for the data. But one user sees fewer records in one table than the other user. I even connected to both of their desktops and opened the table via VFP9 (Command prompt). And I find different number of records in the table. And according to the user some entries are different.
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>>>>How can it be that when looking at the same table from two different computers the number of records and the content of some records is different?
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>>>>I ran FoxFix agains the table but didn't find any problems with this table.
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>>>>I would appreciate any suggestions.
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>>>Maybe Windows virtualizing the files for one of the users, so they're not actually looking at the same file?
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>>>Tamar
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>>I am not familiar with Windows virtualization. I hope their IT can check on that because I don't even know where to look for it.
>>Thank you.
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http://doughennig.blogspot.com/2007/05/has-file-been-virtualized.html>
>The description you give of looking in the exact same place and seeing two different files sure sounds like virtualization.
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>Tamar
My only question is how would they virtualize one table (one .dbf) and not all others. And I wonder, if this is the case, why. I will read the article you suggested.
Thank you.
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