>>Hi,
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>>I have not used the REINDEX command in a very long time. And I am getting a lot of problems related to the application not being able to read some .cdx files. These CDX files are part of the SFQUERY and SDT and I don't know the structure of the indexes. So, just to be sure that the problem is not with a corrupted index, I thought I would reindex these DBFs.
>>I am thinking of simply executing the following command:
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>>use SDTMETA
>>REINDEX
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>>And the same with a couple of other meta DBFs. Is the above safe?
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>It depends on the nature of the index corruption / error. I've observed some odd errors that can only be corrected by physically deleting the CDX and recreating it. In other cases, completely dropping the TAG and re-creating it.
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>In general, REINDEX will always work properly, but if the index is corrupted it won't always correct it.
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>It's better to use ATAGINFO() and construct the INDEX ON commands, then DROP TAG ALL, delete the CDX, and then rebuild each tag from scratch.
Since I don't know what specific tags the CDX is built on, my only option was to REINDEX. Which I did.
Thank you.
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