Markus,

I agree entirely - I was more looking to learn if perhaps you had found that there was no such a thing as 'partially optimized' even though the docs suggest there is. Seems the docs are correct here (phew!!!!).

Thanks,

Jim N

>>So when does the 'partially optimized' mentioned in the docs take effect, and what does it really mean????
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>Well, to be honest, Rushmore isn't turned off entirely. It's switched into 'partially optimized' mode. But IMHO, 'partially optimized' isn't good enough if all that's missing for 'full optimization' is the index on Deleted().
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>Here's an example:
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>Use the customer.dbf in the VFP sample data directory. Note that there isn't an index on deleted. Now issue the following commands:
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>SET DELETED ON
>SYS(3054,1) && VFP will notify us about the optimization level
>SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Company = "B"
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>VFP will tell you that this was partially optimized (whether or not you have deleted records doesn't matter at this point).
>Now, try adding an index on deleted and do the same exact thing again. VFP will now tell you that the SELECT was fully optimized.
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>Markus