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Using Foxpro 2.5/2.6 tables in VFP6 Database Container
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19/01/1999 14:38:46
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00177702
Message ID:
00177729
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This is true :-)

>Actually you can do this using local views and avoid the ODBC layer.
>
>>Hiya Matt ---
>>
>>There is a way to do it: Connect up with your older FPW/FPD data by defining remote views in your DBC and access the data through ODBC...this will allow you to use your old data and gradually move it to with a minimum of hassle.
>>
>>
>>>I heard somewhere that if you add a free table from FoxPro DOS 2.5 or FoxPro 2.6 Win to a VFP6 database, that it will make the table unusable by the older versions.
>>>
>>>Is this true? I want to use the database container approach to building apps, but I still have older programs that need free tables.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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